Panasonic MC-V6945 - Manual (Page 15)

REPLACING THE DRIVE BELT
A
WARNING
Personal Injury Hazard.
Be careful when removing agitator brush assembiy. The belt tension is high.
Failure to do so could result in personal injury from agitator brush assembly
releasing quickly and snapping away.
Unplug and turn the unit over. Remove the lower
plate as described in the Removing/lnstalling the
Lower Plate section. Remove the agitator brush
assembly (carefully lift it out), and remove the worn
or broken belt from the agitator pulley and motor
drive shaft.
Loop the new belt around the motor drive shaft and
then loop it around the agitator pulley. Use only a
Panasonic Type UB drive belt.
Before reinserting the agitator brush assembly make
sure that the end caps are on correctly. (See the
illustration in the Replacing the Agitator
Assembly section.)
After checking the end caps, reinstall the agitator brush assembly back into the housing grooves.
After installing the agitator brush assembly, turn it by hand making sure that the belt is not twisted
and all rotating parts turn freely. Replace the lower plate as described in the Removing/lnstalling
the Lower Plate section.
CLEANING THE AGITATOR ASSEMBLY
Switch off the vacuum cleaner and unplug the power
cord before cleaning the agitator assembly. In order
to keep the cleaning efficiency high, clean the agitator
assembly regularly. Remove the lower plate if necessary.
See the Removin^lnstalling the Lower Plate section
for the proper procedure.
Agitator assembly - Cut off any carpet pile and
lint entangled around the agitator assembly with
a pair of scissors as illustrated.
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