How do I attach a new rear wheel to my Riccar moonlight? I have gotten the old broken one off.

I usually just break them off. The new one will literally pop on. Don't forget to take of the hubcap and put it on the new wheel.

Your 8650 is likely about 30 years old. It may not have a reset switch. If it won't run it may need a new cord or switch. If it's in good shape it may be worth having it looked at by your local Riccar dealer.

There are clips on the inside of the wheel hold the wheel on. You can break the old ones to remove it. The new one will snap in place.

Depends on which model you have.

There are little prongs that hold the wheel on. New wheels are inexpensive if it needs to be replaced. Break the prongs off with a skinny screwdriver to remove the wheel. The new wheel will just snap in place.

Open the bag door, slide the bag out of the bag holder, slide the new bag in and close the door.

Check cord, esp at entry point. Otherwise it may be switch, motor windings burnt out, broken wire, carbon brushes worn. Some appliances also have a thermal fuse, which is a silver tube shape.

The reset button on the Riccar 8955 is located on the back of the vacuum cleaner, at the very bottom, right above the rear wheels. You can push the reset button with a ball point pen or something similar.

Reset button is located in rear near left wheel. A white button, push in with paper clip to reset

I am an riccar dealer, and you either have a short in the wire leads from front of vacuum to circuit board or a bad circuit board which if so the boardd will have to be sent to manufacture to be rebuilt as there are no new circuit boards available. if not under warrenty which i doubt since riccar hasnt made these models for a while. would recomend replacement with either sunburst or moonlight model as they are a comparable replacement to the repair. or just simply just plug and unplug machine, if it doesnt bother you to do so. If more questions email me at [email protected] subject riccar, or go to www.riccar.com to locate nearest dealer