Samsung SU-8500 - Manual (Page 10)

Maintenance
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Check Rotating Floor Brush and Drive Belt
Replace Drive Belt
You should check your vacuum cleaner’s Rotating Floor Brush and Drive Belt regularly for
wear or damage. You should also clean the brush and brush ends of strings, hair, and carpet
fibers. These can wrap around the brush and hamper its ability to effectively clean your
carpet. Also remove any debris that has accumulated under the brush cover.
1 Unplug cleaner from electrical outlet.
2 Place handle in Low position.
3 Remove the four screws as shown with a screwdriver.
4 Turn over the cleaner.
5 Remove the eight screws, and turn over the cleaner again.
6 Lift the cover-Brush off.
7 Remove the three screws on the case-drum.
8 Grasp Rotating Floor Brush at both ends and lift.
9 Clean strings, hair and other debris from Rotating Floor Brush, paying particular
attention to brush ends.
10 Clean strings, hair and other debris from Motor Pulley and Drive Belt areas.
11 Check Drive Belt carefully for wear, cuts or stressed areas.
12 Check Air Passageway for obstructions. Remove debris from this area.
1 Unplug cleaner from electrical outlet.
2 With Rotating Floor Brush removed from vacuum cleaner(Step1-7 of
Check Rotating Floor and Drive Belt) grasp old Drive Belt and remove from
Motor pully. Discard old Drive Belt.
3 Place new Drive Belt over motor pulley and stretch other end over rotating
Floor Brush in the space between the bristles.
4 Place ends of rotating Floor Brush down into slots on sides as shown.
5 Turn rotating Floor Brush by hand several times in direction of motor pulley,
if properly installed, Drive Belt will center itself.
6 Reposition Brush cover and eight screws. Tighten screws securely. Snap
end of Brush cover into place.