On Sat, 4 Apr 2009, John wrote:

"Kostas Kavoussanakis" wrote in message
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On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Bob Minchin wrote:

Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:

My (2? 3 yo?) Bosch cylinder vacuum cleaner won't reel in its power
cable. The idea is that you pull gradually to get the cable out; when
you stop pulling, it locks there. If you yank the cable, it reels it in.

The first symptom was that it would keep trying to reel the cable in all
the time; you just couldn't stop it. 2 weeks later, it stopped reeling
it in at the end of the cable travel.

Sometimes plastic parts can get sticky due to dirt getting in and this
creates friction. If this was the case then spray furniture polish - like Mr
Sheen can keep plastic assemblies working well.

Of course it could be a spring or something else - but as it gradually got
worse I would suspect it has got a bit gritty and is sticking.

Thanks, I will have a look.

Kostas