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Not sure if this LPT is any good. After all that effort your vaccum cleaner still sucks. Why bother?

I did the same thing to my old vacuum cleaner. Replacing the belt was WAY cheaper than a new vacuum.

Vacuum cleaner belt? Never heard of that.. Do you mean the filter?

The belt to drive the part on the front that spins to clean the floor and draw in the particles

https://www.consumerreports.org/video/view/appliances/laundry/5289484586001/how-to-change-a-vacuum-belt/

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What a strange design. In my vacuum this kind of brush is just "powered" by air suction. No motors, no belts etc.

You should probably replace it if the vacuum still sucks. /s

Cheers to a sucky vacuum

The ones with belts tend to do a better job cleaning because you aren't losing all of that suction power to the brushes. And you can get a lot more torque out of a belt-driven assembly in general.

This is a great reminder of general maintenance on your vacuum cleaners. A few years back I bought a dyson ball vacuum (animal edition) from a guy who helps run a small colleges Eco-Hotel. Off grid, in the woods, pet friendly kinda place. He was selling an almost $450 vacuum for $60 because it turned on but didn't suck anything up anymore. Dyson vacuums don't lose suction so I knew something was wrong with the tubes that move dirt from the brush head to the canister. His advice was to part it out and sell the parts at a profit. I took it home and in 10 minutes using a bent coat hangar, I cleaned out 3 giant pet hair balls/plugs out of the tubes and the vacuum worked like new. I still have it and it still works great. clean your vacuums out!!!

Why would I need more torque for a brush? I'm not bending steel beams there. I have my vacuum set at "minimum" power since it already sucks everything up. Maybe that's because there are no extra holes on the side for belt and stuff that leaks air left and right?

When you clean the vacuum cleaner, you become the vacuum cleaner.

If you can't understand how torque relates to rotational forces then google can probably help. The benefit from direct drive assemblies comes from their mechanical simplicity, not from heightened performance. Not sure what your point is here besides that the most common type of vacuum cleaner is a "strange design."

LPT: Preventative maintenance should be done on all mechanical objects periodically if the device is servicable.

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Tssss, that's what you get for buying a belt-driven vacuum cleaner. I only buy direct drive quartz locked...

words to live by

LPT : maintain your shit or it degrades and eventually stops working.

What a strange design. Have had a lot of different ones, and they all have used vacuum to suck dirt into the bag.. Even the industrial one, that easily picks up gravel and water.

Every vacuum I've ever had has used a belt to rotate the brush that sweeps particles into the center to be vacuumed up.

Whoa

Wait, is it OK or does it suck? So confused.

Mine had the roller go bad, there are plastic bearings and they are bound up, so I ordered a roller/beater bar and a belt for $30 shipped.

Same. Every vacuum I've ever had has had a belt. And I've been around since the Dead Sea was only sick.

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