When you have three cats and a house full of rugs a spot cleaning vacuum is a near necessity. We have a Bissell “Spot Clean Pro” vacuum (older version of this one) that has a water tank and sprayer hose and brush, and it cleans reasonably well. However the plastic/vinyl in the hose gets stiff over time and eventually cracks – ours lasted about four years.
Fortunately a replacement hose was available and not too expensive – $25 vs $150+ for a new vacuum. Replacing it is made a little more complex by the water sprayer line that goes up the middle of the vacuum hose, but it is still pretty easy to do.
First step is to remove the power cord reel on the side of the vacuum:
There are five screw holes hidden by a label which I unceremoniously punched through.
Next step is to remove the polycarbonate casing that wraps around the vacuum. There are three screws on each side plus one on the top, holding it to the motor housing:
I had to bend it to get it off but no permanent damage was done. The vacuum hose will come out at this point but it will still be attached by the water line.
You have to open up the motor housing to disconnect the water line. There are four screws accessible from the top:
Then you can remove the top of the motor housing to find the vacuum and water pump motors:
The old clear water line at top is connected to the pump by a spring hose clamp. The new black water line has a tee that isn’t found in our model of vacuum. After some futzing I just cut the tee off and used the existing clamps to attach it in place of the old line:
Then everything just goes back together in reverse order, although it took a couple of tries to position the rigid end of the vacuum hose correctly – there is a tab so it only goes in one orientation.
I originally removed the rectangular vacuum ducts from the back of the motor housing but I don’t think you need to do this to remove the hose – it just popped out of the ducts once I removed the wrap-around shell. Here is another view that shows how to route the rigid end of the vacuum hose:
I didn’t take a picture, but you can remove the brush end of the hose by depressing a tab and pulling it off. Then it just snaps onto the end of the new hose. There is a clear plastic top on the brush that looks like it could come off to clean out the gunk but I couldn’t get it off and didn’t want to try too hard – might be glued in?
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