I need to find some sort of directions how to detach the upper hose docking port from a Shark Rotator NV255 (two-five-five, not typing it wrong) hose. The hose has split almost entirely from it, so I'd like to detach it from the piece that docks to the base, trim the tear, and reattach to give this thing a few more months of life until I can afford to buy a replacement. Buying a replacement hose handle is also not a viable option as any ones that are listed as compatible with the NV255 are expensive enough I'm halfway to a new vaccum at that point.

Every tutorial I can find is either referring to disassembling just the top handle, or the docking piece is from a different model that is a different shape than mine.

Parts for this NV255 has been a nightmare, it seems to be one of those less common models manufactured for Walmart/Sam's. If there is a different model that has compatible parts, I'd love to know. Any advice you can offer would be appreciated.