Please help! WHat is wrong with my Vacuum cleaner?

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I believe it is a Eureka and is still relatively new (maybe 6 months old).

basically it sounds like the motor is stuck on over drive or something, I’ve disassembled most of it and cleaned it to where it is like new, It is a bagless and all the filters and such are also clean,

This happened to my last vacuum too. Any ideas? There isn;t any thing stuck but so why does the vacuum sound 5 times louder then when it was new… like i said, its like it stuck in overdrive. the suction even works, its just unbearably LOUD.!

Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.

5 COMMENTS

  1. Does this vacuum cleaner have a impeller that it uses to force the air to suck in?
    Maybe the impeller is worn out or there is something wrong with the motor as well.
    Maybe something is stuck some where you are not aware of in a hose or something.
    Be surprised what they find in the shops when they open these up.

    Maybe time for a new one a good one next time.

    Good luck

  2. Assuming that you are accurate that the suction path is completely clear, then:

    In rank order:

    a) A faulty original motor.
    b) You have abused the vacuum – either used it to suck up wet materials, very fine particulates such as talcum powder, cement dust, clay dust, solvent-impregnated materials, very fine metal shavings or similar. All of these materials will damage the motor bearings or abrade the impeller or both. Even overdoing such ‘normal’ cleaning materials such as baking soda can cause damage to bearings.

    In general, very fine particulates, damp materials, solvent-impregnated materials, metal shavings, and such should be avoided when using residential/household type vacuum cleaners. For those sorts of materials use an industrial wet/dry shop-vac and leave about an inch of water with a wetting agent in it to trap the very find stuff.

  3. had the same problem with mine loud and didnt suck at all 3rd vacuum in4 years bought a oreck 1 year ago works great

  4. If the machine has a belt driven beater head/brush check to be sure that the brush head is able to turn freely. You will have to take the belt off to check this. If it doesn’t spin freely then you will have to track down the problem. It could be anything from dry bearings to a piece of material wound up on the axle causing it to drag.

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