I have a 2.5 gallon shopvac. Loved its performance
compared to a buckethead vaccuum of similar size.
Investigating bearing type noise, I found one end of the bracket holding the felt surrounded brass bushing, broken.
JB Weld to the rescue. I scuffed all Mterial for maximum mechanical tooth bonding, cleaned with IPA, ratioed the JB weld via weight, mixed thoroughly, applied generously around break, and also around the opposite unbroken side of the bridge to re enforce it.
Waited days before reassembly, and it worked perfectly.
yeehaw.
I used some Honda 30 weight to soak the felt surrounding bushing a few months after after much use.
2 weeks later it tipped over and fell in use, and started making the noise again.
Open it up, the JB weld failed. Applied minimal leverage to other previously unbroken yet re enforced bridge, and it too snapped, far too easily.
I know the Jb Weld was ratioed and mixed properly, applied properly to properly prepared surface, so either the vibrational stresses fatigued the bridge and/or the lubricant spewed by centrifugal force (20k rpm)weakened the JB weld.
Anyway I have no faith in attempting to re JB weld the broken bridge, and cant seem to find any way to get a new one.
I really dont want to have to send this to the landfill, and have no waY to fabricate a new bridge.
A full vaccuum replacement of same model is about 70$, but i would much rather fix this one
Anyone know the proper terminology for this part, and a potential source?
compared to a buckethead vaccuum of similar size.
Investigating bearing type noise, I found one end of the bracket holding the felt surrounded brass bushing, broken.
JB Weld to the rescue. I scuffed all Mterial for maximum mechanical tooth bonding, cleaned with IPA, ratioed the JB weld via weight, mixed thoroughly, applied generously around break, and also around the opposite unbroken side of the bridge to re enforce it.
Waited days before reassembly, and it worked perfectly.
yeehaw.
I used some Honda 30 weight to soak the felt surrounding bushing a few months after after much use.
2 weeks later it tipped over and fell in use, and started making the noise again.
Open it up, the JB weld failed. Applied minimal leverage to other previously unbroken yet re enforced bridge, and it too snapped, far too easily.
I know the Jb Weld was ratioed and mixed properly, applied properly to properly prepared surface, so either the vibrational stresses fatigued the bridge and/or the lubricant spewed by centrifugal force (20k rpm)weakened the JB weld.
Anyway I have no faith in attempting to re JB weld the broken bridge, and cant seem to find any way to get a new one.
I really dont want to have to send this to the landfill, and have no waY to fabricate a new bridge.
A full vaccuum replacement of same model is about 70$, but i would much rather fix this one
Anyone know the proper terminology for this part, and a potential source?
