“Can the rotating brush be removed? Want to use on new hardwood flooring. They recommended a vacuum with no rotating brush. Henry”
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you need not remove brush, just use 1st of 2 positions on control. Brush will not spin.at that setting.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.My inspection of our cleaner did not find any easy way to remove the brush. Eight screws must be removed to even get down to it. Doing so would likely reduce the vacuum flow and possibly cause other problems. I did not take it apart to look further into the unit. I wonder why the floor manufacturer would recommend not using a brush. Possibly it can put minute scratches into the finish??? Our floor is laminate and I have noticed no marks on it from any vacuum cleaner. Hardwood flooring maybe is not as resistant to damage as others. There should be some finish on hardwood that serves to protect it and I am not sure what is on your floor. You may want to go up on the manufacturers web site and check what they recommend. Maybe try a short run and inspect for any marks might be useful. Finding a vacuum cleaner without a brush is possible but would not pick up larger particles on the floor. I did notice an accumulation of dog hair on the brush of our unit. Guess it time to clean it out. Hope this helps.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You can run the vacuum on its first power setting that doesn’t run the rotating brush (just uses pure suction power) which is what most vacuums specify is fine for things like hardwood floor. Mine has run pretty well on hardwood/laminate, but what I have is far from new flooring. If you need to remove the rotating brush though, you definitely can. You have to take off the bottom plate (first picture) by removing its 7 screws, then lift out the rotating brush (second picture). There’s a belt attached on its left side that rotates the brush; just pull it off at the sprocket end and it’s removed.
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