Hard to describe in words. Flip the vac upside down and pull
the beater bar, again. The one end of the bar, there is a
tube where the air flow goes. Towards the back of the vacuum
(nearer to the handle) is a fan which blows the air and such
into the bag. Most likely there is a foreign object in the
fan. You may need a flashlight, and a long tweezers or
hemostat to get the foreigh object out.

It's choking on a chicken bone! Hack! Hack!

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"utilitarian" wrote in message
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Hi,

I was using my Eureka Boss vacuum cleaner when it
started making
a horrible flapping noise. Shut it off and started it
again. Same
noise. Took it apart, cleaned some hair out of the beater
bar. Started
it and it was quieter for about 3 seconds, then the horrible
noise
started again. Replaced the belt, which was old and
stretched. Ran
quiet for 2 seconds, then the horrible noise came back.

It's a "card in the bicycle spokes" kind of sound.

There is also a strange smell from the vacuum when this
happens.

It's about 10 to 15 years old, so time to toss, possibly,
but would
prefer to fix it if possible.

Any clues welcome.


Thanks