Hi all,

I’ve had my Shark vacuum for over 2 years now and it works great. Recently I realized that the rubber gasket that helps seal the canister (inside, on the bottom opening lid) was stretched out and detaching from the plastic. It doesn’t seem to be affecting the vacuum too badly but I know it can’t be good long-term.

I’ve searched around a lot and can’t find anything though! Anyone have any recommendations? Should I give up and trash this thing?

I pick up free shark vacuums deemed broken and repair, this was my most recent one a navigator shark lift away. Today my biggest concern due to it's design finally happened.

The issue is the hose is bottom heavy and due to how the hose sits will topple sideways due to the weight when using the hose I think it's missing a hose clip on holder to distribute the weight evenly it was on my items to buy when I got some extra cash. Happens if you bump it standing upright. Well that's what happened and it always falls towards to swivel U bend due to the bulk of the hose weight being on the one side. Of course today it finally landed on that and broke the plastic.

I've tried Google lens and it keeps trying to bring up a hose holder clip which isn't the part. I only want to replace that piece since it's a clip connect system and not replace the entire hose!

Any guidance would be appreciated and yes I know some hate sharks but these have all been Free or less than $5 it's my preferred brand and they work great despite being older.