In message , Mike Barnes
writes
The hose on our Dyson DC03 has split right next to the plastic collar
that the attachments fit into. It ought to be an easy job to detach the
hose from the collar, shorten it by a couple of inches, and reattach it.
But I can't get it out.

In this picture http://thedowerhouse.com/pics/hose.jpg you can see a
promising-looking tab-in-a-slot below the green button, and there's one
the same on the other side. I've poked them hard in every direction but
I can't get them to do anything useful.

Ideas?

Poke harder, I've done ours a few times. You'll find the hose 'unscrews'
from the central tube and you might need to hot glue it into place.
--
Clint Sharp