Yes my Vax is like this, the brush bar simply has a kind of paddle wheel in
the airflow which turns the brush, but as you say actually does not turn the
brush due to crap in the bearings after a while reducing the suction as
well. There are screws in my head so I removed them, cleaned out the
bearings but however I put it back together it was never as free as when it
was new. I bought a second one and itsuffered the same fate, so I bought a
more sensible vacuum, a Bosch and a Henry, neither have brushes but seem not
to need them as the suction is ten times better.
Brian

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Has anyone ever seen this before...?

When using the brushbar on our Vax upright cleaner (model Air3 Pet, about 7
years old) it emits a load of noise, even after laboriously pulling all
debris off it. Spent ages trying to find out how to remove it to inspect the
drive belt (the bearings for the brushbar seems to be glued in place) and
couldn't find any reference to replacing the brushbar or drive belt anywhere
on the internet. Eventually found the user manual for the cleaner online,
which said "Brushbar and belt are not removable".

Has anyone ever seen a vacuum cleaner without a serviceable drive belt
before? If this is really the case it seems scandalous. Or has anyone on the
forum actually managed to remove the brushbar on this model?

TIA,

David.