Tried to use the SteamVac today, heard a snap and the brushes stopped spinning after 20 years. Is it dead? Can it be fixed cheaply? Do I get to buy Rug Doctor X3?
Excellent video on how to disassemble the brushes in a Hoover carpet cleaner. I was trying to figure out how to open it, and finally looked around. Figuring someone else had already done it and came across your video. I did not realize how easy it was, and I think I was overthinking it too much. Thanks for sharing.
You saved my life showing how to snap the clam shell off. Mine was packed with dog hair and I was trying to get it out with an old dental tool... Also, I had a little luck cleaning the bristles with a flea comb vs. toothpick. Thanks again!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was having a time getting my individual brushes out of the clear, 2-piece housing. I pulled out about a full cup of hair & lint from the brush assembly.
I have a newer spin scrub and my brushes too wouldn’t turn. I called Hoover and they told me i needed a new turbine, bought it on Amazon and working great.
I LOVED that one! I hope that repair does the trick because that SteamVac needs to live! But you may act quickly if you want a NEW X-3 because they seem to be phasing them out and right now the RED X-3 is the only option...and that used to be only available for rental markets and you could not legally own a red one. Maybe Rug Doctor is getting ready to be sold??? TTI would blend it into the Bissell Pro range and one thing that won't survive for sure is the "Vibrating Brush" which along with the disappearing "Spin Brushes" offered full-width cleaning...It'll be brush-rolls only soon I'm afraid and that means uncleaned gaps on both ends and somewhere in the middle where the belt runs. Not everything gets improved over time, look at the SteamVac as an example, you need a time machine to go back and get the best ones.
Do you have a video on how you repaired the hose? You mentioned you’ve repaired it a couple of times. My hose has a split and can’t find a replacement. Can you please let me know where you purchased the new part? Thanks
I saw the missing long shaft the moment you removed the assembly. Darn. It should have a clutch so the shaft is spared the load. Don't know how you got your fingers in to release the side tabs for the brush assembly --- it's really tight in there. I just remove the headlight covers and push the clips from the side.
My God! It looks like you’ve *never* even used this machine! Lol. My husband used it twice & my once *clean* machine looks like it was buried in a landfill! How do you remove the whole clear bottom plate?? I now have to DEEP clean my cleaner. 😢 Any ‘complete’ disassembly instructions/videos/charts would be *enormously* appreciated. 💜 (oh, he also broke something & the handle no longer stays completely upright like it should..😢)
I have a 2000 Hoover wide path steam vac and the issues I’m having the The water and shampoo won’t come out of the trigger part of the hose or even water won’t release and when I use the fall floor nozzle it barely sucks up water not even enough but I still have suction in the hose
@@VacLab well I just got it a couple of years ago from a estate sale and it was working fine but now The trigger won’t release water and solution but still has a little bit suction and the then from the head it doesn’t have really suction when using it on my carpet
No way to get Hoover 6 brush turbine replacement No parts availabilty on only 2-3 year old Steam-Vac. what is wrong with Hoover support? Can't find any!
Maybe once you get the new part, drill a small hole and reinforce the length of the shaft with a small nail. Then again, if the new "drive scrubber" lasts even 10 years you won't need it. Also, I sent you an email regarding a donation machine you might be interested in 😉
