While vacuums are designed for cleaning, they occasionally require cleaning and maintenance themselves. Additionally, consistently taking care of and cleaning your devices can extend their lifespan and ensure they operate at their best.
One of the vacuum cleaner attachments that calls for frequent cleaning and care are roller brushes. And as we all know that shark roller helps you eliminate all the other unwanted elements like dust, hair, and other kinds of dirt’s on the floor.
Regular cleaning is necessary because over time the roller brush will build up tangled hairs wrapped around it. If there is too much hair around it it will be rather hard to clean and can render useless because it will not be able to spin and pick up debris from the floor.
To do that it is necessary to know and learn how to clean roller brushes from shark vacuums.
Shark Vacuum Preparation
- Make sure that there is no connection to the power source
- To avoid getting your hands dirty from the vacuum it’s advised to use gloves.
- To avoid any allergies, it is advised to use a mask
- Gather all the tools you will need for cleaning. Tools such as sharp scissors, a screwdriver and soft brush and cloth
- The final step is to detach the floor head from the handle by pressing the release button. If you are not sure of how to do it just read the shark owners manual
How To Remove Roller Brush From Shark Vacuum- A Step By Step Guide
Step One: Detach The Shark Vacuum from The Electric Outlet
Of course, the most crucial thing is to prioritize your safety and that you don’t mess up your appliances so before attempting to do anything with your vacuum make sure to work with caution.
So, first and by far the most important step is that if your vacuum is attached to a power outlet, unplug it from the power outlet to prevent yourself from electric shocks or worse domestic fire.
Fact: According to the data from the electrical safety foundation, approximately 43000 fatalities regarding electrical hazards and domestic electrical fires were reported between 2003 to 2010.
This should be a reminder for you to handle your electrical appliances with a little more caution.
Another good thing that can happen by taking this caution, besides your safety, is that when you unplug the vacuum it reassures that no electricity is going to damage your vacuum cleaner during the process of removing the roller brush from the shark vacuum.
Step Two: Locate The Roller Brush
It’s not that hard to locate the roller brush once you have unplugged the wire from the wall socket or the power source (aka battery)
- The roller brush in almost every shark upright vacuum is located at the underside of the vacuum.
- Lay down your vacuum cleaner gently in a position that the underside of the vacuum is facing towards you and is easily accessible.
Step Three: Access the Roller Brush
- As mentioned above the roller brushes are located at the underside of the vacuum.
- To access them you need to lay your vacuum down in a way it exposes its underside and you can see the screws.
- When you lay it down the screws are holding the plates are pretty easily accessible to remove
- it will be comfortable for you to move around the vacuum to your liking.
- Sometimes due to long gap in cleaning and contact with water, the screws might get a little rusty and corroded but that issue can also be easily cured
- Just use a dust remover to scrape off all the unwanted corrosion, after that the screws will be much easy to access and remove
Step Four: Unscrew The Screws
- Now is the time to take your handy tool bag out and pick out your right-hand screwdriver.
- Although in most cases the shark vacuum cleaner comes with its own handy, right-hand screwdriver.
- Every vacuum cleaner comes with several screws holding the faceplate so make sure to get the perfect size screwdriver
- Mostly there are only screws holding the plate. It is advised to you a dish or a container to contain all the unscrewed screws so you don’t lose any.
- Avoid using the wrong screwdriver so that you don’t mess up the screw sockets and don’t break your faceplate.
And You Are Done, Now it’s Cleaning Time!
Final Verdict
After taking all the necessary steps you are done. Just pop out those brushes, usually, they are pretty easy to pry out. Just pull the other end of its holding belt to completely detach the brush. If that doesn’t work just rotate the roller and it comes right out.
