Dyson DC14 Motor Replacement This guide will show you the necessary steps to replace the motor in your Dyson DC14 Vacuum. This is a lengthy process; you should set aside a good amount of time to finish this guide in one attempt. Turn off the vacuum and unplug it from the outlet. Lay the vacuum on its top so that the brush bar faces you. Using a quarter, turn the three soleplate fasteners 90 degrees to the left. Holding the soleplate on both sides, tilt it down and away from the vacuum. Remove the soleplate from the vacuum. Turn down the squared tabs on the brushbar so that they face outward. Use a screwdriver to pry the belt up from the brushbar. Be careful not to cut the belt with the screwdriver. While holding the belt, pull the brushbar to the left and remove it from the vacuum. You can let go of the belt when it's free from the brushbar. The belt will not retract into the vacuum. During reassembly, insert the brushbar with the tabs facing outward, then rotate the tabs up to lock the brushbar in place.

Place vacuum upright, with the canister facing you. Remove the canister, setting the canister aside. Insert flathead screwdriver under each latch and pry up gently.vacuum cleaners portland oregon Do not try to lift the latches up very far, they could snap off!vacuum cleaner price in qatar Open the cover, remove the exhaust filter, and set the filter to the sidevacuum cleaner silhouette Remove the u-bend pipe that connects the canister to the telescopic wand. Pull the clear hose out of the gasket on the right side of the vacuum under the axle. Pull the hose straight back towards you. Remove brush-bar housing by prying the housing out of the clips that hold it. Pull brush-bar housing toward you while keeping vacuum stationary.

Remove the three T15 torx screws that secure the cover to the brush clutch belt. Pull the cover of the brush clutch belt out towards you. Pull belt to the right to remove the belt from the brush clutch axle. To reassemble your vacuum, pull the belt with your finger towards the axle. (Using a screwdriver, or a similar device, will delay access to the axle.) Insert a flat-head screwdriver into the two locking rings to remove the rings, which are located above the wheels on both sides. These rings secure the bottom assembly of the vacuum to the rest of the unit. Remove the four T15 torx screws that secure the motor housing to the vacuum. Remove the elbow-bend pipe on the right-side of the vacuum. Press the two release latches on either side of the elbow-bend pipe. Pull it out and away from the vacuum. Place the vacuum right-side up and leave it standing up. Remove the right side cover by pushing the release latch down while lifting the cover towards you.

Set vacuum the on its back. Pull away the plastic cover of the motor housing. A bit of force may be needed. Insert flat head screwdriver between gray motor housing and black motor. Pry motor cover housing away. Release the motor assembly from its housing by strongly hitting the brush clutch axle with a hammer. The rubber grommets covering the motor may be greasy. Remove motor from housing slowly. Do not pull the motor completely out of the housing. The motor is connected to the vacuum by two wires. Remove the power terminals from both sides of the motor. Do not pull by the wires when removing terminal. This can result in damage to your vacuum. These terminals will only fit one way (i.e. only one end is long enough to reach to the far side of the motor). Remove the motor from the housing completely. Remove the two rubber grommets from your old motor, then transfer them to your new motor.Sir James Dyson at the Sydney launch event for Dyson's new line of Airblade hand dryersA launch event in Sydney, Australia, this week was the latest stop on Sir James Dyson’s world tour introducing his company’s new line of Airblade hand dryers.

While the dryers and the new digital motor that powers them were the main focus, the billionaire British industrial designer also confirmed that his company is still working to perfect an autonomous vacuum cleaner.There’s no hiding Dyson’s pride in his company’s new digital motor. Developed at a cost of US$40.9 million over a period of 10 years, the new 1,600-watt motor spins at an impressive 110,000 rpm. “No one else makes a motor that goes any faster than about 35,000 rpm,” Dyson says, pointing out that even a Formula 1 engine runs at only 19,000 rpm.As well as the three new Airblade hand dryers, the mini motor can also be found in the company’s Digital Slim DC44 vacuum cleaner and will be showing up in other Dyson products in the future.Could one such product be an autonomous vacuum cleaner? The reduced size of the motor, with its 85 mm (3.4 inch) diameter and improved efficiency would certainly make it an ideal candidate. But size, efficiency and suction are just some of numerous problems that need to be overcome – intelligent autonomous navigation being another major one.

Dyson says the company has been working on such a device for 15 years and Gizmag actually did a story on the imminent release of a robotic vacuum called the DC06 back in 2004. If the company had followed through with a launch it would have had bragging rights as the first to bring a robotic vacuum to market. But despite claiming the DC06 is more advanced than other robotic vacuums already available, the decision was made to hold off until the design was perfected.“When we can do it properly, which of course we think we can, we’ll launch one,” says Dyson.Sir James Dyson has lost a major legal battle with the European Union over the regulation of vacuum cleaners, the day after David Cameron demanded an end to punitive Brussels red tape on businesses. The British entrepreneur behind the Dyson bagless vacuum cleaner failed in a bid to scrap EU energy labelling rules, after he claimed that they allowed his rivals to achieve misleadingly good efficiency ratings. Sir James took his case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, claiming that a system of efficiency labels deceived customers because they were conducted when the devices were in “pristine” condition in laboratories.

That, he argued, gave a major advantage to his rivals. Sir James’ innovative cylindrical vacuum cleaner is marketed on the fact that it does not lose suction as it fills with household dirt, unlike devices that use a bag. It means the European Commission’s regime can “mislead consumers on the real environmental impact” of the machine they are buying, Sir James said. The court accepted that the testing regime is flawed, saying “the suction performance and energy efficiency of a vacuum cleaner with a dust-loaded receptacle will be reduced due to dust accumulation”. However, it threw out the case, saying that Dyson could not come up with an alternative test that would be “reliable, accurate and reproducible”. Dyson, based in Malmesbury, Wilts, rejected this, saying that such tests have been used worldwide for a decade. In a statement, the company said the ruling “defies belief”, and compared it to the Volkswagen emissions scandal. “It is deplorable that the ECJ endorses tests that don’t attempt to represent in-home use, and we believe this is causing consumers to be misled,” it said.

“By this judgment, the ECJ has given its support to unrepresentative tests devised by the commission with a small group of European manufacturers, which in our view disregards the interests of consumers in Europe. The judgment is all the more surprising in view of the revelations about car testing in the VW scandal, where the tests do not reflect real life usage.” Sir James has previously suggested Britain should leave the EU over the "German-dominated" system of regulation that he claims props up obsolete technology and holds back new entrants. “I want to keep European free trade and free movement of people but I don’t see that we need to be dominated and bullied by the Germans,” he has said. Company sources said he had been approached to work for Brexit campaigners, but has declined in order to focus on his products. “His whole point on the EU is companies must be unencumbered to trade and innovate,” said a source, who said the firm was “livid”. Margot Parker, a Ukip MEP, said the ruling “exposes the EU for the anti-competitive culture that it promotes”.

“I personally bought a Dyson last week but had I known this ECJ judgment was coming I would have bought two of them.” In his EU reform address on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said the EU must set a target for cuts in the burden of regulation on British firms. “We want a European Union that adds to our competitiveness, not detracts from it,” he said. Dyson must pay its own legal costs, and those of the European Commission. Last month Dyson launched legal action against rivals Bosch and Siemens alleging that they were misleading customers. It claimed that independent testing had shown that machines made by Bosch and Siemens could draw more than 1600W of power when used in the home while containing dust, despite having a rating of 750W gained in dust-free testing. This would mean a rating as high as AAAA in test conditions could drop to an E or F in the home. BSH Home Appliances, the parent company of Bosch and Siemens, announced it was taking legal steps against Dyson over the "unfounded and untrue" statements.