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Shark Rocket Professional Hose Replacement

Introduction

Does your vacuum fail to pick up particles on your floor? If so, this guide outlines how to remove the two vacuum tubes on the Shark Rocket Professional. While reading this guide, you will also learn how to unclog your vacuum to improve suction.

What you need

  1. Shark Rocket Professional Hose Replacement, Main Hose: step 1, image 1 of 3 Shark Rocket Professional Hose Replacement, Main Hose: step 1, image 2 of 3 Shark Rocket Professional Hose Replacement, Main Hose: step 1, image 3 of 3

    • Look at the Shark Rocket Professional's Extension Rod.

    • Identify where the hose connects to the main body of the vacuum.

    • Press the tabs on the sides of the connector to remove the hose.

    • You can use a long, thin object to unclog the hose.

    • If this fixes your problem, then you are finished with this guide.

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    • Look at the vacuum handle and locate the orange button that says "Handle" with a picture of a lock.

    • Press the button and remove the handle.

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    • Look at the vacuum handle.

    • Using a T-15 screwdriver, remove the five 15mm screws in the handle by turning them counter-clockwise.

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    • Use a plastic opening tool to pry open the handle.

    • Don't worry if the handle sounds like it is going to break; it takes a lot of force to pull apart.

    • When popping open your handle, the small grey piece of plastic(pictured in the last frame) will fly out.

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    • The orange plastic piece may have naturally fallen out at this point.

    • Look a your handle.

    • Using your hands, pull the tube from the nozzle of the handle.

    • The tube is soldered onto a wire connecting to the plastic orange piece inside the handle.

    • Cut this connection with wire clippers to remove and replace your tube.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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4 Comments

How about an expla8nation about how t9 actually do the lower the hose inside the brush head

Jonathan Hill - Reply

How do you replace the hose in the beater head

daveve2 -

Thank you for this, this guide helped a ton.

Bradlee Johnson - Reply

How long does it take to answer acquestion?

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