My brushes on my hoover steamvac all terrain carpet and hard floor cleaner will not spin what do i do

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Hoover SteamVac brushes not spinning

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Hoover F7458900 Max Extract Carpet and Hard Floor Cleaner Parts

Anthony

No suction means somewhere in the intake side of the system you have either a blockage or an air leak.

If the vacuum cleaner comes on but the brush will not spin, try replacing the belt and clean each end of the brush from lint , string, carpet materials.

This unit uses a turbine assy to turn the brushes. The brushes could have something jamming them. Remove the brush unit, it is held on 2 spring hooks 1 on each side. The brush unit is driven thru a 1/4" square post, only one brush is driven and it drives the next then it drives the next etc. If something is jammed in these gears it will stop the entire brush assy. The turbine assy could be bad, but I would check the brush assy first.

some vaccums have a belt on the brushes. might need a new one if it does have the belt

Go to www.Hoover.com. Click on Carpet Cleaners. Click on Steam Vac All Terrain. Click on Learn more. Then click on Download the manual in pdf. The manual explains all.

The primary problem is that the turbine is seized. One way to verify this is to try to manually move the brushes by hand (with it off, unplugged). If not then your problem is with the turbine. This usually requires professional service. I would recommend to take it to a trusted vac shop which is familiar with these cleaners. or go to the hoover web site to locate a hoover dealer near you.

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I have the SteamVac Dual and there's a screen on the underside of the unit. It's beneath the brushes and it's red. You have to pull and wiggle it to get it out. With the machine unplugged, lay the unit with the handle on the floor. In the owner's manual ( http://www.hoover.com/pdfs/manuals/F7222900.pdf ) this is shown on page 10 figure 3-2. Clean that screen.
If they still won't spin, then take the brushes out. Again, with the unit on the floor, you simply grab the unit firmly and pull towards you. It's much easier to remove than the screen. I took the brush unit outside and blasted it with the house. You'll have to pull out whatever fur balls are clogging it but eventually you'll see that the brushes spin freely with the water squirting on them. Plug the brush unit back in and - in my case - they started spinning.

Hoover steamvacs don't use belts. If the brushes are not turning, pull the brush block out, turn the machine on and see if the square hole where the brush block was, is turning. If not then the turbine is bad. Sometimes you can take the turbine apart and clean it out. most times I have found , replace it.

I'm sure you have found a solution to this problem by now, but I am having the same problem removing the nozzle, and just read another persons post where they suggested buying the "Nozzle Clean-Out Tool" available on Hoover's website for $1.00 plus $5.00 in shipping. The part number is 39514001. It worked for this person, so I'm going to try it. Not a big investment, at least, in case it doesn't work!