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Thank you!!

Thank you. You were most helpful

Thank you, this video was perfect!

Thank you my friend

My cover required a torque screwdriver for the star screws.

Very helpful video. I have a an Oreck Model XL21-700ECB. The Roller assembly I bought thru Amazon was shorter by about 1-1/2 inch. It had the metal wheel you show, but my OEM was black plastic. The old roller had "normal" and "special", rather than "new" and "old" on the end pieces. Also, the belts seemed shorter. The panel screw panel was slighter different, and when I opened it a small silver bar with serrations on the end fell out. I'll look at your ebay site. Thanks.

Thank you! I inherited my mother’s Oreck XL that worked like a charm…until it didn’t. I looked at the bottom and there was so much hair and dust I couldn’t see there was a roller installed. This is helpful for me to remove it for cleaning.

The absolute most informative, short, and excellent video!! ❤

I changed my belt but it still smells burnt

I love my Oreck XL Classic. I recently had to replace the belt which I have done many times over the years but for some reason the belt just fell apart (broke into pieces) after I ran the vacuum for about 3 minutes. I was shocked. This has never happened before. I purchased the belts through Walmart from an authorized dealer and they are marked ORECK. What do you think happened? I stopped the vacuum immediately so I wouldn't cause any damage... Like I said I love this vacuum. But what's going on with these belts? Any idea?

Wow. Finally someone who gets to the point and explains it simply I don't loose interest from too much talking!!! Love it

Does this also apply to the Magnesium please? I’m changing the fan belt but the brushes just pop out. Thank you.

Thanks!

You're Awesome! Thank you! God bless you!

Bravo. Ty!

Just what I needed. Thanks

This may be 14 years old, but you helped me today. Thank you!!!

Thank you! I just put my new roller in but now My oreck turns off. It’s only on a few seconds and then shuts off. Anyone else have this issue?

thanks

Impossible to get the last 2 scrws out. Can't do it. Need help p

Very well presented and perfectly detailed. Enjoyed your accent as well :) Thank you very much.

I got 4/5 screws out with my Phillips, but it doesn't fit the 5th?!? They're all the same size screw!

Awesome! Just changed my brush in minutes and I'm the opposite of handy. Thanks so much.

Thanks.

what year is the vacuum

Thank you for your advise!

Straight to the point, thank you.

awesome simple and I thought THIS I can do. but I don't have enough hand strength to stretch the belt enough to manage what you did simply. sigh, suggestions?

Thanks. Mine has star-head screws, though. Had to get a little inventive to get it open with tools on hand.

Thank you. I’ve had my oreck graphite for almost 11 years. This helped me fix my vacuum! Also your voice reminds me of my speak and spell from when I was 8.

Can u remove the squares that slide in slits to remove hair and string?

Thank you so much my oreck vacuum now works

What year.is.that.oreck

thank you. i thought i would have to have an extra set of hands.

This video is 12 years old and is still helping people every day. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

Thank you, my commercial had hex nuts and was very hard to turn the first time.

Thank you!

Piss poor instructions in the Oreck user's manual for how exactly the brush roller is positioned depending on if you are rotating it for an old worn brush roller, or if you are installing a brand new roller. Here are the instructions, line by line, for "Adjusting or Replacing Brushroll." 16.) Remove the baseplate by removing 5 screws. Then, remove the belt and brushroll from the housing. 17.) Rotate both bearing assemblies at ends of brushroll to show "OLD" and replace in the holding channels in the housing. 18.) Note: The bearing assembly setting market "OLD" has no ribs on the top of the assembly. 19.) The one marked "NEW" has several ribs. When rotating bearings, make sure both bearing assembly settings are the same and face up when replacing the brushroll. Now, upon reading those instructions, I knew I had discovered yet another instance in what appears to be a never-ending display of incompetence which merely lead further credence to my belief that most people get paid more than what they are worth. From my understanding, if the brushroll is old and the bristles are worn down, then one would want to rotate the bearing assembly plate so that the axle of the roller is closer to the ground when the vacuum is in an upright normal functioning position. Yet, my roller (or more specifically, my girlfriend's brushroll) is not labeled in the same fashion as stated in the user's manual. Instead it is labeled with "SPECIAL", and "NORMAL", rather than "OLD", and "NEW". Easy enough . . . given my brushroll has the label "SPECIAL" on the edge with the teeth, or as the manual refers to them, the ribs, and the user's manual example has ribs on its "NEW" edge, I have my cipher! When the manual states "NEW", I merely replace it with "SPECIAL", and when the user's manual states "OLD", I replace it with "NORMAL" (I can follow the logic that "NEW" is somewhat similar to being "SPECIAL", yet I can not reason how "OLD" translates into "NORMAL".). Doesn't seem like the best replacement terms. Regardless, the instructions state that when the bristles do not extend beyond the baseplate, then you need to rotate both bearing assemblies at the ends of brushroll to show "OLD" and replace in teh holding channels in the housing. Okay, how does it show "OLD". They are never very specific with that detail. It continues to state that when you are replacing the brushroll (under assumption) with a new one, be sure to rotate the bearing assembly at both ends so that "NEW" are face up. Yet, again which way is up? In the user's manual, the specific diagram for the step involving replacing the bearing assemblies is illustrated with the vacuum being on it's side with the belt end on the bottom. Thus, technically on my brushroll on the opposite end of the belt, both labels "NORMAL", and "SPECIAL" would be facing up, and on the belt end of the brushroll, both labels would be facing down.

Piss poor instructions in the Oreck user's manual for how exactly the brush roller is positioned depending on if you are rotating it for an old worn brush roller, or if you are installing a brand new roller. Here are the instructions, line by line, for "Adjusting or Replacing Brushroll." 16.) Remove the baseplate by removing 5 screws. Then, remove the belt and brushroll from the housing. 17.) Rotate both bearing assemblies at ends of brushroll to show "OLD" and replace in the holding channels in the housing. 18.) Note: The bearing assembly setting market "OLD" has no ribs on the top of the assembly. 19.) The one marked "NEW" has several ribs. When rotating bearings, make sure both bearing assembly settings are the same and face up when replacing the brushroll. Now, upon reading those instructions, I knew I had discovered yet another instance in what appears to be a never-ending display of incompetence which merely lead further credence to my belief that most people get paid more than what they are worth. From my understanding, if the brushroll is old and the bristles are worn down, then one would want to rotate the bearing assembly plate so that the axle of the roller is closer to the ground when the vacuum is in an upright normal functioning position. Yet, my roller (or more specifically, my girlfriend's brushroll) is not labeled in the same fashion as stated in the user's manual. Instead it is labeled with "SPECIAL", and "NORMAL", rather than "OLD", and "NEW". Easy enough . . . given my brushroll has the label "SPECIAL" on the edge with the teeth, or as the manual refers to them, the ribs, and the user's manual example has ribs on its "NEW" edge, I have my cipher! When the manual states "NEW", I merely replace it with "SPECIAL", and when the user's manual states "OLD", I replace it with "NORMAL" (I can follow the logic that "NEW" is somewhat similar to being "SPECIAL", yet I can not reason how "OLD" translates into "NORMAL".). Doesn't seem like the best replacement terms. Regardless, the instructions state that when the bristles do not extend beyond the baseplate, then you need to rotate both bearing assemblies at the ends of brushroll to show "OLD" and replace in teh holding channels in the housing. Okay, how does it show "OLD". They are never very specific with that detail. It continues to state that when you are replacing the brushroll (under assumption) with a new one, be sure to rotate the bearing assembly at both ends so that "NEW" are face up. Yet, again which way is up? In the user's manual, the specific diagram for the step involving replacing the bearing assemblies is illustrated with the vacuum being on it's side with the belt end on the bottom. Thus, technically on my brushroll on the opposite end of the belt, both labels "NORMAL", and "SPECIAL" would be facing up, and on the belt end of the brushroll, both labels would be facing down. Okay, I'll assume the vaccum base (unsure of the terminology, but the housing where the brushroll, and motor are typically located, basically the housing unit that the baseplate attaches to its bottom) should be turned upside-down while working on the brushroll. However, I still must make assumptions. One, I am assuming the base should be in an upside-down position while working on the brush roll, which the manual never specificies how to orient the vacuum for the procedures of either adjusting the brushroll or replacing it with a new one. Then, I must assume yet again when adjusting the brushroll to compensate for worn down bristle because the manuala states to insert the brushroll so that the label "OLD" shows, whatever that means, yet another assumption must be made, which I assumed meant the brushroll is replaced in a manner where one can see the label "OLD", but not the other label "NEW". Then for the other situation, instead of maintaining any consistency, and phrasing the instruction the same, only replacing the label of "OLD" with the label "NEW", it decides that instead of instructing you to rotate the ends so that it shows "NEW", it instead states to make sure when replacing with a new brushroll that the labels are the same and face up. So now, instead of showing, they face up. Yet, the instructions for replacing the brushroll, beyond just the label, or rather wishy-washy! 19.) The one marked "NEW" has several ribs. When rotating bearings, make sure both bearing assembly settings are the same and face up when replacing the brushroll. Instead of beginning that line of instructions with a declaration of what it is the following instructions will be informing you to do, it tells you what to do without knowing what you are doing until the very end of the instruction line, and even then, it is not very definitive! It just appears to be an easier format to follow when stated as such: To accomplish X, you must first perform Y, but make sure that this condition is met while performing Y, and then follow it with performing Z, to perform Z simply do this and that. Now that you have completed both Y and Z, X is now done. Seems easier than: Make sure this and that because that is like this, then do Y while doing that, and make sure Z is complete while checking that the status of that remains constant when you must complete X. So what? If they must face up when replacing the brushroll, does that mean literally up even though my vacuum base is upside-down, which I had to assume was the correct position it should be in for this particular job, or does it mean facing up when the vacuum is in its normal upright position, meaning that up is down, and down is up, and sideways is straight ahead!!! See what I mean? Because my girlfriend is not replacing her brushroll, and I am guessing that I should assemble the brushroll as if the bristle are worn down, which I will doublecheck with the method outline in the user's manual with instructions that are more lucid and comprehensible. Fortunately, my cipher of the manual's label "OLD" as being equivalent to her label of "SPECIAL" all seems to line up correctly. If the bristles are worn down, then one would want the axle of the brushroll to sit lower than previously, which is exactly what shall occur when I rotate both bearing assemblies at ends of brushroll to show "SPECIAL" and replace in the holding channels in the housing, meaning the labels of "SPECIAL" are facing up, but because the vacuum is upside-down they are facing down in all actuality, but in the owner's manual up is down, and this time it works out. Still, somebody was paid far too much money in writing this user's manual. Instructions are incredibly difficult to write in a comprehensive manner that is easily understood by most readers. I had a professor in college that assigned this exercise, and he stressed that we should pick some of the most fundamental activities, such as tying one's shoes. He was overly adamant about the our tasks being of the most rudimentary actions. It helped to open my eyes to just how much one must put themselves in their audience's shoes while assuming that your audience knows absolutely nothing about the task you are instructing them to perform. Think about instructing a person to tie just one shoe while assuming they have never seen anybody tie their shoelaces previously, and they may not even know how the shoelaces should appear on a successfully tied shoe. You can't just say the rabbit runs around the tree and goes back in his hole. You could use that metaphor, but you have to explain what every little word means and what it details. You must assume your reader knows nothing, thus every step must be written out with every detail, yet it must remain somewhat concise where there are no unnecessary words, and every word included is critical. This must be done in a manner that eliminates all ambiguity, and in turn will not permit the reader to ever be confused regarding the steps necessary to follow. Once you gain knowledge of just how much work and thought goes into writing decent instructions, you will begin to see how poorly so many instructions are actually written, and not just instructions, but important research papers, and informative news articles, and across all areas of writing, you will begin to see multiple writings where the author either had no clue what they were communicating, as though they had no fundamental understanding of semantics, or they simply could not, or did not bother, to place themselves in their audience's shoes. Far too many examples!

He should have mentioned that you can flip the brush over so the “old” side is up to extend the life of the brush as that lowers it.

Great video. Made it a quick repair.

Thank you! I could not figure out how to get the belt back on and this was short and to the point!

Great job - other vids do not show the new/old setting. Thats what I was looking for.

My belt keeps snaping within seconds. What am I doing wrong?

Do I need to put a lubricant on the belt to prevent the burning smell? My belt went on real tight, and not as fluidly as seen in your video. Do you think I bought the wrong belt? Thank you for your help

What might make the new belt keep slipping off ?, Continually, every time within first 1 or 2 pushes of vacuum. New belt, tried the old "spare" new belt. Also a new new belt. Same thing they slip off within seconds. .

Thank you so much for this informative video. It saved me a lot of grief and I will definitely check out you Ebay store.

My model doesn’t use Phillips screws what kind of screws are these and what do I need to screw them out?

Thank you sooo much for the video!! Replaced the roller and belt in 5 minutes. Vacuum glides across the carpet again. Didn’t realize that it had been taking so much physical effort to push. Now it glides with minimal effort!!

Crystal clear and concise - wish all repair videos were like this 👏