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r/BuyItForLife on Reddit: You can fully disassemble and clean a Dyson stick vacuum
May 17, 2025 -
I wanted to post a bit of advice based on my recent experience. I've had a Dyson V8 for roughly 5 years. It was amazing when I bought it but over time the suction and the battery got worse and worse.
I replaced the filters and the battery. That seemed to breathe a little bit of life into it but the performance and battery life degraded quickly again. Eventually the motor would make a pulsing sound but there was no suction and the battery would rapidly drain.
Before giving up on the machine I decided to take the whole thing apart as far as I could take it. It turns out that if you have the right screwdrivers you can fully disassemble the machine. Its a little intimidating but totally doable. Take a bunch of photos if you are worried.
Its a cyclone vacuum with many injection molded parts that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
There was a ton of dust and debris build up on all the parts of the cyclone adding air resistance and clogging the machine.
I thoroughly washed and dried all the components then re-assembled it. I did this at the end of last year and it has been running like a brand new machine ever since. I seriously haven't had the vacuum work this well since the day I bought it.
EDIT: Responding to all the haters here instead of individually. Buy it for life means buy it then have it for life. This doesn't require that the product survives a lifetime without any maintenance and it doesn't mean you have to buy new shit. If you can get an old appliance and repair it then thats way better environmentally and financially then buying new crap, even if that new crap is heavier duty.
A big part of the buy it for life mentality should be learning how to repair what you have.
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I volunteer with a local fix-it group - bring your broken junk in and we try to get it working to keep it out of the landfill. People bring in soooooo many vacuum cleaners. About a third of the time it's a burnt or corroded power switch that either gets the contacts cleaned, or a replacement switch. The other two thirds are vacuums that "just don't have any suction even though I cleaned it", where "cleaned it" means they emptied the bag. They have no concept that there are other a million places that crap can collect, and you just need to take some time to actually clean it out. So far Dirt Devil has been my favorite brand for ease of disassembly, at least older ones. Haven't seen many new ones to compare.
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That’s awesome! You can also submit your useful tear downs with ifixit for others. I’m always so happy when folks are curious enough to explore their own devices and keep them out of the landfill! https://www.ifixit.com/Search?query=Dyson
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r/dyson on Reddit: I already unscrewed this vacuum head. What is the next step to disassemble it?
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r/VacuumCleaners on Reddit: TAKING APART MY DYSON
January 15, 2023 -
Hello folks, I have a Dyson cordless vacuum and it’s been doing great, but recently it just hasn’t been sucking the same, it just rolls over the dust and crumbs without picking anything up.
I removed the attachment to see an accumulation of dust and muck in the base but I have no idea how to get to it to clear it out. I trying to figure out how to remove the rotation part because that’s where the problem is, any ideas on how to do it?
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So you can get the brush roller individually everything else you change as a whole assembly. They don't make the other parts by the way.
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reddit.com › r/dyson › how can i clean the main body? seems to have endless dust coming from out of it.
r/dyson on Reddit: How can I clean the main body? Seems to have endless dust coming from out of it.
November 27, 2023 -
I searched for videos but they all just teach how to clean the filters and detachable parts but NOT the main body.
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blow it out with air compressor. maybe go to a gas station :P also dont use it again for drywall dust
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Two easy ways. One, use another vacuum to suck out everything everywhere you can. Use your hand to concentrate the suction on the little dust holes in the bottom of the cyclone assembly, near where you attach the wand. That's where the dust exists the cyclones, and is where they can clog it too much dust get in there. Two, go outside, and use a compressor or a can of air to blast out all the dirt and whatnot best you can. Again, focus on the empty/exit holes for the cyclones.
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Looks like another user had the same issue a year ago and got an answer here on iFixit. I can't open my Dyson to empty the rubbish
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I found if I take the brush part off the bottom of the stick, it is much easier to remove stick from the bin. I don’t think it has anything to do with cleanliness. I had a V10 previously with no removal problem. The motor died within warranty and it was replaced with V11. It has stuck since day one. There is no problem with the other attachments.
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