On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 17:35:59 UTC, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
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
I think you're referring to the brushbar in the mini head that attaches to the hose (gave up on that long ago!)
What I'm talking about is the large brushbar in the main cleaner head that is driven by a toothed belt connected to the motor.
Most Vax models seem to have this at the end of the brushbar and a removable cover to service it, but this model's drive belt
is near the middle of the bar, as I've seen on Dyson uprights. But the Dyson brushbars I've seen can easily be pulled out.
Apparently not this one