"David Farber" wrote in message
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The model number is 113.179255.

A picture of the filter is he
http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixiter/index.html


The nut you see at the top of the picture won't budge. Thus, I cannot
remove the filter. I called Sears and they said it should come off easily
without any tools. The vacuum is less than a year old and only used a
couple of times. I don't think I ever removed the filter before. You can
see how mangled that plastic nut is now after trying every tool the in
drawer to remove it. (Why would they use a plastic nut?) I must be missing
something really obvious. One other thing I should mention, the owners
manual shows the parts blow up which includes a "filter nut lever." I
didn't see anything like that attached to or near the nut.

Thanks for your replies.
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David Farber
Los Osos, CA


Take a look at a new filter....

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...313944142 390

Looks like the lever nut was already off, the filter is just stuck, and
you've mangled the stud...