.. where the upright part fits into the bottom part. Some years ago, we moved country and when the vacuum was taken apart by customs to check for seeds, insects etc, damage was caused to the support levers, which made the top part a little wobbly. Over the years, this wobble got worse and the machine would stop. But if we leaned the top part to the right, into the swivel neck assembly, it would start again. This situation has now gotten to the point where it hardly works, even if we lean the top part in (sometimes it comes to life). I've used compressed air to clean the connections, and we have a new handle. How can we get this connection to be stable? I'm convinced the problem is there! The machine is approx 15 yrs old.
There's a mating plug and socket between the two halves of the assembly. When one of the body catches breaks, this plug is repeatedly rocked in & out, and the contacts wear away. It's available as a spare part: The bit on the brush housing is #5176, the female half is on the bag housing and comes with the internal cable #5217ER. These are the parts for the X1 and X1.1 - should be the same as the X4, but you'll have to check for yourself as I don't have X4 drawings. I usually find the female contacts can be squeezed together, and just replace the male half. If you're in the UK, Candor Services carry a lot of Sebo bits.
Of course, unless you can repair the catch to stop the rocking it'll happen again... The catch bar inside the bottom of the bag box is retained by some fairly weak plastic, but repairable. I use some of the low-temperature modelling plastic 'polymorph' to shape whatever has broken, by hand.
I repair a lot of these; hotel housekeepers just love banging them down steps, even when brand new....
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