Motor Shaft
Eje del motor
Arbre d'entraînement
du moteur
Groove
Ranura
Ouverture
Replacing Belt
Lift Agitator Up
Unidad del agitador
Soulever l'agitateur
Carpet-Bare Floor
Selector Shaft
Eje du selector
carpet-bare floor
Arbre du sélecteur
tapis/plancher
End Cap
Tapa del
extremo
Bouchon
Cleaning Agitator
➢ ➢ Replace belt whenever a burning
rubber smell caused by excessive
slippage occurs.
➢ ➢ Place carpet-bare floor selector in
CARPET position.
➢ ➢ Remove lower plate.
➢ ➢ Remove agitator by carefully lifting out.
➢ ➢ Remove worn or broken belt.
➢ ➢ Loop new belt (Panasonic Type UB8
only) around motor shaft and brush
pulley; see illustration for correct belt
routing.
➢ ➢ Clean agitator and reinstall the two
(2) end caps.
➢ ➢ Reinstall agitator back into nozzle
housing grooves.
➢ ➢ After reinstalling the agitator, turn it
by hand to make sure that belt is not
twisted or pinched and that all
rotating parts turn freely.
➢ ➢ Reinstall lower plate.
➢ ➢ Clean agitator after every five uses.
➢ ➢ Turn vacuum over, exposing the
agitator.
➢ ➢ Cut off any carpet pile and lint
entangled around agitator with a pair
of scissors.
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