I don't understand why Eureka doesnt go with a rubber belt. The belts are strong but stretch too easily. I had a similar fix. I painted the insude of the belt with contact cement. It has to dry at least over night. I didnt think it was going to work,but it works great. Maybe too great. I cant set the height low enough to stop the roller. I was going to do this ,then set it one notch higher.I vacuumed the floor and could smell the machine. I dont know what it was,I think it just got too hot. Anyway you need to increase the friction on the drive shaft in some way.
This problem has unfortunately plagued many owners of this vacuum including myself. I'm not an expert on vacuums, but through some experimentation I found a workable solution. You can first try a new belt, but that will unlikely solve the problem. For some reason the drive shaft becomes too slick for the belt and so the shaft will spin but it won't catch the belt. I wrapped a piece of electrical tape around the shaft for some added friction, and voila, everything started working again. Eventually, the electrical tape shredded a bit and fell off, but it left enough residue on the shaft to retain friction. I know this sounds like a real hack job, but if you've given up hope on everything else, or you can't return the vacuum, it's worth a shot.
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I don't understand why Eureka doesnt go with a rubber belt. The belts are strong but stretch too easily. I had a similar fix. I painted the insude of the belt with contact cement. It has to dry at least over night. I didnt think it was going to work,but it works great. Maybe too great. I cant set the height low enough to stop the roller. I was going to do this ,then set it one notch higher.I vacuumed the floor and could smell the machine. I dont know what it was,I think it just got too hot. Anyway you need to increase the friction on the drive shaft in some way.
This problem has unfortunately plagued many owners of this vacuum including myself. I'm not an expert on vacuums, but through some experimentation I found a workable solution. You can first try a new belt, but that will unlikely solve the problem. For some reason the drive shaft becomes too slick for the belt and so the shaft will spin but it won't catch the belt. I wrapped a piece of electrical tape around the shaft for some added friction, and voila, everything started working again. Eventually, the electrical tape shredded a bit and fell off, but it left enough residue on the shaft to retain friction. I know this sounds like a real hack job, but if you've given up hope on everything else, or you can't return the vacuum, it's worth a shot.