Anytime any of my kirbys have made that sound I’ve just replaced the cam lever assembly and it’s immediately gone away. But the pedal spline is a very interesting culprit most overlook cause it’s such a minute tolerance difference. Great job finding that and it makes perfect sense! People don’t realize just much force those pedals take even with what most would consider and carful press of the foot. But most people just give them a quick swift stomp with the big toe. Rotational force is greater than one would imagine I’d think!
Years ago, I used to replace the bracket cam assembly as well. These days, if I'm dealing with a G3-G7, I grease the axle bearings first and then check for continued clicking.
The rear wheels make an occasional clicking noise on mine. It is where the wheels slip on the axle when it is forced against some hard part of the rug.
@@VacLab Good luck to you, sir! Hope you are successful!! I need to find my spare wheel clips and install some new ones. I will do that when I find the time.
Hmm, right at 8:23 my G6 does exactly the same thing, even after replacing the drive selector and accompanying actuator assembly. I’ll be digging in to those bearings and re-greasing them next.
My 2015 Avalir that I just bought used I noticed has this same issue when in neutral and the motor is off. Also when vacuuming today, the transmission exhibited a "jumping/jittery" behavior while vacuuming. I raised the nozzle by a notch and it seemed to help but did not correct it entirely. I don't think the prior owner really understood how these vacuums actually work.
If the loctite you used doesn't happen to hold they sell different strengths. The green stuff will make those two pieces one and would never come apart again even if you wanted it to. Lol Awesome work man. I had a G6 with a bad transmission I gave to a friend who needed a vacuum. Wish I had kept it cause my current vacuum (Shark) doesn't clean anywhere near as well as that Kirby did...
I done this on several machines and so far, no issues. You do realize I was using loctite, right? Since Kirby manufactures a part that will fail somewhat predictably every 10 years or so under normal use, I wanted to create a more permanent fix. Loctite (properly applied to clean threads/splines) is a very good choice to lock threads/splines that come loose. Kinda what it's made for donchaknow.
Anytime any of my kirbys have made that sound I’ve just replaced the cam lever assembly and it’s immediately gone away. But the pedal spline is a very interesting culprit most overlook cause it’s such a minute tolerance difference. Great job finding that and it makes perfect sense! People don’t realize just much force those pedals take even with what most would consider and carful press of the foot. But most people just give them a quick swift stomp with the big toe. Rotational force is greater than one would imagine I’d think!
Years ago, I used to replace the bracket cam assembly as well. These days, if I'm dealing with a G3-G7, I grease the axle bearings first and then check for continued clicking.
The rear wheels make an occasional clicking noise on mine. It is where the wheels slip on the axle when it is forced against some hard part of the rug.
I'm making all my G series Kirbys fully click free now. 😁
@@VacLab Good luck to you, sir! Hope you are successful!! I need to find my spare wheel clips and install some new ones. I will do that when I find the time.
The amount of work what you did. Oh man I would have give up many times just wondering what's going on. But hard work pays off. Great work!
where can i buy the belt that goes inside of the sealed transmission? do they sell any of the wear parts ?
Nope, you have to buy the entire transmission unfortunately.
Hmm, right at 8:23 my G6 does exactly the same thing, even after replacing the drive selector and accompanying actuator assembly. I’ll be digging in to those bearings and re-greasing them next.
My 2015 Avalir that I just bought used I noticed has this same issue when in neutral and the motor is off. Also when vacuuming today, the transmission exhibited a "jumping/jittery" behavior while vacuuming. I raised the nozzle by a notch and it seemed to help but did not correct it entirely. I don't think the prior owner really understood how these vacuums actually work.
The never ending Diamond edition problems, will it end here or will it continue?
Oh, it's done now.
Did grease make it stop the rattle wheels bearing the transmission
Nope. The transmission needs to be torn down and rebuilt or re-greased. Please see my Kirby transmission videos for a complete teardown guide.
Ok
How long did the loctite last?
Thanks for your help I put a spring from your last video see how that goes for me 😅
... not only the g4 now
BTW, did you ever get that Dual Sanitronic going???
Yup, over a year ago. Check the DS80 playlist and you'll see what the issue actually was in the end.
If the loctite you used doesn't happen to hold they sell different strengths. The green stuff will make those two pieces one and would never come apart again even if you wanted it to. Lol
Awesome work man. I had a G6 with a bad transmission I gave to a friend who needed a vacuum. Wish I had kept it cause my current vacuum (Shark) doesn't clean anywhere near as well as that Kirby did...
Everything is still holding, loctite and all.
You need t lube the tech drive and change the motor brushes
You’re supposed to replace the pedal assembly... I’ve seen many people try and fix it like this, it ALWAYS comes loose again.
I done this on several machines and so far, no issues. You do realize I was using loctite, right?
Since Kirby manufactures a part that will fail somewhat predictably every 10 years or so under normal use, I wanted to create a more permanent fix. Loctite (properly applied to clean threads/splines) is a very good choice to lock threads/splines that come loose. Kinda what it's made for donchaknow.
You need to talk to tell me what you’re doing