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Why does the belt keep breaking on my kirby

I have replaced the belt on my kirby twice. It keeps breaking. It is almost as though the pulley keeps getting too hot and melting it in half. Am I putting the belt on incorrectly or could it be something else?

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  • ctaylor519 May 06, 2009

    Thank you. I will definately try this tonight.

  • Lauren Edwards
    Lauren Edwards Sep 06, 2015

    Same here, I didnt think to pull the ends of the brush out and clean them. Very helpful answer Thanks!!

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Odds are that the problem is not with the belt or the pulley, but with an agitator (rotating brush) that isn't turning freely. Remove the rotating brush and check to see that it spins freely. If not, you would either need to disassemble it (removing the end caps) to see if removing whatever hair / diebris is stuck between the end caps and the body of the agitator, and if that doesn't cause free rotation, then it means your agitator bearings are likely bad which means you will need to replace the agitator assembly.

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