We have a Bissell vacuum cleaner whose brush motor has failed. It's no
longer available as a spare part but as it's a jolly good vacuum cleaner
I'd like to fix it if I can.

The brush motor is separate from the main fan motor and is quite small
as it only drives the rotating carpet brush. I'm pretty sure it has a
shorted turn because it still runs but not as fast as it should and it
gets very hot very quickly.

Are there any specialists out there who might be able to repair it at a
reasonably sane price? Or, alternatively, what are my chances of fixing
it myself? I am an electronics hobbyist so can solder OK etc. and have
been known in the distant past to wind coils etc. ... or I suppose one
might find it's a fairly generic motor and can be replaced with one
that's not actually from Bissell but would do the job, how do I find one
though?

All advice and ideas very welcome.



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On 05/12/2013 12:39, wrote:
We have a Bissell vacuum cleaner whose brush motor has failed. It's no
longer available as a spare part but as it's a jolly good vacuum cleaner
I'd like to fix it if I can.

The brush motor is separate from the main fan motor and is quite small
as it only drives the rotating carpet brush. I'm pretty sure it has a
shorted turn because it still runs but not as fast as it should and it
gets very hot very quickly.

Are there any specialists out there who might be able to repair it at a
reasonably sane price? Or, alternatively, what are my chances of fixing

Look for a local motor rewind place... they are often surprisingly
reasonable.

it myself? I am an electronics hobbyist so can solder OK etc. and have
been known in the distant past to wind coils etc. ... or I suppose one
might find it's a fairly generic motor and can be replaced with one
that's not actually from Bissell but would do the job, how do I find one
though?

CPC do white goods replacement parts - they might be able to furnish you
with something close. You need to phone them though since that part of
their catalogue does not seem to be on the web.


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On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 12:39:38 +0000, wrote:

We have a Bissell vacuum cleaner whose brush motor has failed. It's no
longer available as a spare part but as it's a jolly good vacuum cleaner
I'd like to fix it if I can.

The brush motor is separate from the main fan motor and is quite small
as it only drives the rotating carpet brush. I'm pretty sure it has a
shorted turn because it still runs but not as fast as it should and it
gets very hot very quickly.

Are there any specialists out there who might be able to repair it at a
reasonably sane price? Or, alternatively, what are my chances of fixing
it myself? I am an electronics hobbyist so can solder OK etc. and have
been known in the distant past to wind coils etc. ... or I suppose one
might find it's a fairly generic motor and can be replaced with one
that's not actually from Bissell but would do the job, how do I find one
though?

All advice and ideas very welcome.

As you have wound coils in the past, probably radio type ones, you
would find the tasks of this sort extremely tedious rather than
technically difficult.

Due to the difference in scale I would happily tackle a motor rewind
rather than do a choke or such for electronics.

On 05/12/13 15:00, EricP wrote:
On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 12:39:38 +0000, wrote:

We have a Bissell vacuum cleaner whose brush motor has failed. It's no
longer available as a spare part but as it's a jolly good vacuum cleaner
I'd like to fix it if I can.

The brush motor is separate from the main fan motor and is quite small
as it only drives the rotating carpet brush. I'm pretty sure it has a
shorted turn because it still runs but not as fast as it should and it
gets very hot very quickly.

Are there any specialists out there who might be able to repair it at a
reasonably sane price? Or, alternatively, what are my chances of fixing
it myself? I am an electronics hobbyist so can solder OK etc. and have
been known in the distant past to wind coils etc. ... or I suppose one
might find it's a fairly generic motor and can be replaced with one
that's not actually from Bissell but would do the job, how do I find one
though?

All advice and ideas very welcome.

As you have wound coils in the past, probably radio type ones, you
would find the tasks of this sort extremely tedious rather than
technically difficult.

Due to the difference in scale I would happily tackle a motor rewind
rather than do a choke or such for electronics.

rewinding is perfectly possible but terminating to the commutator is
less easy. Normally this is a spot weld.

If it simply us running hot a shorted turn us possible, but as often as
not its brushes.


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We have a Bissell vacuum cleaner whose brush motor has failed. It's no
longer available as a spare part but as it's a jolly good vacuum cleaner
I'd like to fix it if I can.

The brush motor is separate from the main fan motor and is quite small
as it only drives the rotating carpet brush. I'm pretty sure it has a
shorted turn because it still runs but not as fast as it should and it
gets very hot very quickly.

Are there any specialists out there who might be able to repair it at a
reasonably sane price? Or, alternatively, what are my chances of fixing
it myself? I am an electronics hobbyist so can solder OK etc. and have
been known in the distant past to wind coils etc. ... or I suppose one
might find it's a fairly generic motor and can be replaced with one
that's not actually from Bissell but would do the job, how do I find one
though?

All advice and ideas very welcome.


The usual clue to shorted/open circuit turns is a lot of sparking at the
brushes.