Seeing you replace the same part that I just ordered and replaced was so helpful. I don't think that I could have done it without you showing me how. Please keep the fix it videos coming. Thank you very much Reginald !
Good video. It took my wife and I over two hours to get the hose connector back on. What seemed to make the difference was that we used bar soap throughout on every friction point. Then we used the clamp as instructed. The final push included jiggling the piece as I used all my force to connect it. When it snapped into place, it was Miller time! Thanks to all who posted here for your suggestions.
I watched just to figure out how to get those covers off!, You saved me a ton of time and frustration. I used one of my small Irwin Quick-grip wood clamps to squeeze the cover; both when taking it off and to get them back on. Took a few seconds both ways... The nice thing about the Quick-grips is they have rubber clamp feet and won't damage the covers. My vac is an old-school model 116-28512791; must be 15+ years old.
Thank you! Great set of instructions. BTW, if anyone needs a replacement hose for Kenmore Progressive vacuum, they are available in multiple places, just do a search. Cheapest is from Sears parts direct, but as of 6/14/2023 you'll be put on a waiting list after placing your order.
OMG! The clamp and a screwdriver worked for me, getting the sleeve off, the electrical and attaching it to the hose was no problem (you can get the hose started and twist into place,) but getting the sleeve back into seated position was the WORST part! After struggling for a long time, I recruited my husband’s muscles. He couldn’t get it either. I finally applied some singer sewing machine lubricant to the clips and friction points, and he was FINALLY able to snap it back on, gaining leverage by pushing against the workbench. Thank you for the video, it’s the only one I could find to replace this part on my Kenmore 360 vac.
The hose cuff on our old Kenmore was easier to get off than back on. Pried with screwdriver to get off, but tried without success to use the same sort of prying method to get it back on. We have no vice, but Reginaldo Lucas's method worked using a 3" C-clamp near center of cuff length, top and bottom, with enough pressure to bow sides and prevent clamp from slipping. Used the clamp as a handle to pull and wriggle cuff over the side clips.
Thank you so much. I didn't even need to buy a new hose. Mine was cracked at both ends, but all I had to do was trim off about 4" from each end, cutting and stripping the wires carefully so that I recreated the same arrangement of the wires. I lost about 8" of total hose length, but spent NOTHING to restore our "antique". Could not have done it without the visuals here.
Excellent video. Clear and to the point. I used a clamp to remove the old part since my vice grips would not get around the hose. Had to use a flat head screwdriver to help pry the old one off. Use the clamp and a lot of pressure and maneuvering to get the new one on. Works great now. Glad I can check that job off the list.
Thank you so much for your help. I have been going crazy looking to replace this part and not the entire hose. Very well done. I will keep this forever!
Getting the part back on was a pain! I tried the clamp to no avail. Then I read these comments and tried SOAP (bar soap) on the clips and it worked. It took some pressure, but i was able to push the hose connector directly over the clips! Thanks for the video!
Thank you for the tip on how to remove the hose connector. I replaced another Sears vac hose before and it took me long hours and much frustration to remove the hose from the handle. I was going to just replace the whole hose on this one to spare myself the agony. With your video, I was able to removed the connector in under 2 minutes and save almost $60. Now I'm waiting for the replacement connector to come in and finished the job. Thank you man! Two thumbs up!
Thanks for the video! I had to replace the hose, and could not for the life of me figure out how to get that collar off! The vise worked to get it off, but getting it back on was the problem. Anyone with this problem, what I did was put it back in the vise (just to hold it in place), and I heated the two sides of the collar up with my heat gun. The heat softened the plastic enough to force the collar back on. Still had to force it on, but at least it wasn't impossible anymore. Also, if you're replacing the hose, I ended up busting all the tabs off the handle case when I separated the two halves. It went back together anyways, the screws held everything back together, and you'd never know there were any tabs to begin with. I'm convinced the tabs are only there to make assembly easier in the factory. They're impossible to separate without breaking them.
Thank you! I had tried without success to get that connection pipe off, and was about to give up and order the whole hose, about $120, after already spending 44 on the pipe itself. Your video popped up in my last desperate search for some help, and you showed me and told me exactly what I needed to know. I still have to get it that last 1/4" together, so I am going to a friend's house to use his vise to tomorrow. That should do it. Thank you for the details.
Thanks for the video, Very helpful. The vice worked for me. To reassemble I lubed the slots and clips with a small amount of electrical grease and the cover/cuff snapped right on. Warming the cuff with a hairdryer makes it more flexible and helps.
Omg!! Thank you so much for this comment, this is what helped get the cuff back on!! We used a little bit of olive oil to lube the inside connector points and then heated up the outside flexible piece. You have to push with all your might and jiggle it a little bit. Woohoo!!!
great instructions. our pipe connector broke and was using duct tape until the replacement part arrived. the vise and a pair of pliers worked like a charm to get the cover off. like bill page said, used the vise as a stop gap and was able to push the connector down until it snapped into place. thanks!
Thanks! Your instructions worked perfectly. I used a clamp and the hose was very hard to get off but managed to wiggle it off with the help of my husband.
The secret to putting the hose connector back together easily is to insert the hose connector into the slightly offset key slot and then twist it like 5 degrees clockwise to lock the connector on. Most are trying push the connector back together straight on which is nearly impossible. Btw, most of the intermittent electrical problems are actually in the other half of the connector which has the 360 degree rotating sleeve which has the moving electrical contacts & rings that just need to be cleaned & slightly bent for more pressure contact. That half of the hose connector is way easier to access & reassemble. No need to buy any parts to fix.
Very nice job. Clear, concise steps and instructions. The clamp was a great tip and the lining up of the seams was the piece I was missing. Thanks a lot for sharing the video and making it pretty easy.
I also had trouble getting the hose cuff back on. I placed the swivel in a corner between two walls and the floor and was able to press it together. My corner was at the top of a stairs, so it gave me some additional leverage than at floor level to snap it into place.
Thank you for this video. I used what I learned from it to replace the hose on my Kenmore vacuum cleaner. The handle end worked in much the same way as the pivot end.
This also works if the hose is worn out and has holes in it. Once you see how it is put together, you can also cut the worn out end of a central vac hose as well. Good vid, Reg.
Thanks for your great video! The retaining ring on our swivel connection cracked on the back, so the hose would pull out when pulling in that direction. Fortunately when pulling the vacuum forward, the hose would stay in, so I was able to tightly wrap several layers of black tape neatly around the top and bottom of the swivel joint, and it is working great. However, now I'll be ready for the replacement if needed.
Thank you soooo much for your clear explanation of how to replace this part...now I see why Kenmore wants me to buy the entire hose assembly. I just tried to press and remove the swivel and can not get it apart...the hose latch tab is broken, so all I need is the hose swivel replaced and not the entire hose assembly...I will keep trying to remove the part...
Believe it not, this video is still relevant a decade later, there is nothing else available that I could find showing how to remove the outer sheath so the swivel can be removed and replaced. Many thanks. For viewers reference, the swivel hose connector he's replacing is part number KC92PBZTZV06.
i have a slightly different model ( but a 360 swivel) although the hose and connector look identical. Yes the hardest part is getting that cap back on (although getting it off was tough enough). I used a screwdriver to pry the cap off the clip (had seen that in a couple other places) as the vise wasn't working for me. Also had trouble getting it on even with the vise. It looked like it had spread the sides, but then it would slip when I tried to push. If I tightened it more, the vise was now clamping too tight. Eventually I just put the swivel part loosely face down between the jaws. That provided a backstop that allowed me to push enough to snap the cover on.
After spending over an hour trying to slide the cover back on I finally used a file to file off just a little bit of the tabs on the inside part and it then slid together fairly easily.
Yes, getting it back together is the hardest part. I used soap, a hair dryer on the cuff, and a clamp, and finally got it done. Put the clamp in the middle of the cuff and not at the end where it goes together or it will prevent the parts without the clips from fitting together, because they are squished too much together. Good luck!
Be sure to buy BOTH pieces, the Sleeve and the Swivel. I could not separate the two pieces of matter what I tried. So with some gentle blows with a hand sledge hammer, I cracked the pieces enough to pull it all apart. I replaced both pieces and was done in 5 minutes.
Thanks so much, this video is really helpful. I followed these instructions and replaced the swivel part on the hose. However the vacuum is not turning on. Do you have any suggestions on how to get it to work? Is there a circuit that needs to be reset? Thanks!
Warning! Using a clamp or channel lock pliers to squeeze the hose collar to release the tabs can cause the collar to crack requiring the collar to be replaced. (Voice of experience)
Used this video to R&R the connection pipe # KC92PDDUZV06 on my Kenmore Intuition canister vacuum cleaner. The part is no longer available at Sears but can be ordered from APPLIANCE FACTORY PARTS for $91.50
Yesterday I posted my frustration at not being able to get the new part back together with the cuff that completes the installation. I had so much trouble with this that I complained about the video not showing the hardest parts of removing and replacing the cuff. It is described but not shown. I used a bench vise to get it off as I was not concerned with hurting the swivel part that was already broken. When it came time to install the new replacement part, once again the cuff that covers the installation did not cooperate. I used a hairdryer to heat the cuff and tried carefully using the vice to no avail. When I went back and read through the comments I noticed that there was a common thread of using bar soap (duh!) to lubricate the cuff and the existing clips on the new part. I did this and gingerly used my bench vice and with great effort on my part I got it very close. When I loosened the vice to start over again, the remaining 1/16" slipped into place!!!! This is not an easy replacement but the soap really made the difference!
Pretty good instructions until the part where you put the hose connector cover in place.... 3 of us have failed to snap it together!! And you had a tough time too, but I can only guess what you did to be successful...or did you swap it out with a different connector??
Tried to get the collar on for fifteen minutes! Using the vice or a clamp makes the collar slightly oval and then it doesn't want to go over the round portion. Tried the soap and lubricant-nope! Finally used a heat gun to expand the collar-popped right on!
+billribas I tried this with no success. Would like to know any "tricks" you used. Reginaldo Lucas's method worked using a 3" C-clamp, since I have no vice.
bbjunky, sorry, I can't really remember, it was a while back. it was a pain, but I remember squeezing it so it was kind of oval shaped and it slid on easier.
Used the vice to get the cover off was the best advice, but getting the new one on was extremely difficult and frustrating. Using the vice again resulted in trying to get an oval part lined up with a circular part, which didn't work well. With two people, we used a screwdriver blade to push parts together, and after about 15 minutes the cover was on. Unfortunately it wasn't clear exactly what we did to make it work. The video would have been more helpful if the 2 difficult parts - cover off and cover on - had been shown, not just described.
So, I was able to get the old one off and wired the new one on, but you did not include EXACTLY how you got the cover to go over those stinking clips. You cut away and used a clamp???? I am a 70 year old female who is quite intuitive, but it is next to impossible to get this back on. What kind of clamp did you use and could you film this coming together. I used a bench vice to hold it when I took it off but it did no good when trying to put it on as by making it tight enough to produce the necessary gaps the hose could not move. YIKES! I am so frustrated!
I'm guessing they designed it this way because most people don't have the tools to do this, which is the ONLY way to fix an extremely common vacuum problem. And WHAT A COINCIDENCE the replacement hoses are $150!
Ya didn't show us how to replace the part. ya just talked about it. very poor video. the one thing we really needed to see and you had already done it.
