Category Archives: Dyson DC14

BBC Watchdog Item on Dyson Repairer Appliance Service Direct Ltd

BBC’s Watchdog recently did a piece on UK Vac Services Ltd, also referred to in the feature as Appliance Service Direct Ltd (one and the same number and data it seems). While we applaud the effort of the BBC to educate consumers on the dangers of some of the “Repair your Dyson in your own home”… Read More »

Replacing a Dyson DC14 Red Wand Top End Collar

We wrote a couple of years ago that DC14 wand top collars were available. We also wrote that they were only designed for early type DC14 machines with the type of tool connector on that is secured by the half circle clip. The later red moulded type has never been available as it cannot easily… Read More »

Cheap Dyson Motors – 150 Reasons Not to Buy One.

If you are looking for a cheap replacement motor for your Dyson vacuum cleaner, you may well head over to eBay or Amazon or a similar site and buy the cheapest one you can find. You can sometimes get a cheap Chinese copy one for about twenty pounds. After all, a motor is just a motor… Read More »

£18 for a Stubborn Dirt Brush? Really Mr Dyson?

The stubborn dirt brush is slightly better at some tasks than the standard brush tool. It has much stiffer bristles and really allows you to get stuck into stuff like dried on mud and the various detritus that kids leave all over houses and cars. OK, so its a nice and handy little tool and… Read More »

Where to Buy an Extra Long Dyson Flex.

So you want an extra-long flex for your Dyson? Maybe you want a replacement flex for your Kirby? You are in luck too! Some call it a cord, lead, wire or cable – its a tomato tomarto thing. We say flex. Technically, Dyson do not supply extra length flexes for their machines. Of course, you… Read More »

Purple Dyson Stair Tools Now Available Again

Dyson discontinued the purple stair tools some time ago. They reverted to making only grey/silver ones that were compatible for any machine. However, now they have the cheek to charge you a whopping £10 for one of their stair tools. And as you are checking out, adding a further £3 for shipping. An eye-watering £13… Read More »

Stripping Down a Dyson Clutch: DC04, DC07, DC14 and DC33.

When a Dyson clutch is faulty, I prefer to change the unit. Its more time efficient. I also prefer to buy a new clutch over a used one. However, if a clutch looks otherwise OK, and the white nylon wheel isn’t all chewed up, and only the belt has snapped, I sometimes change the belts. Some of… Read More »

DC14 Wand Top Collars Available.

We have a new after market item for the Dyson DC14 to announce. As ever, you have heard it on Dyson Medic first because we have our ear to the ground in Dyson world. What is known as the “tube grip”  together with its retaining clip has been unavailable (obsolete) from Dyson for some time now. We prefer to call… Read More »

Where to buy Dyson clutch belts

Looking for clutch belt information? The Dyson DC04, DC07 and DC14 brush control models are fitted with a clutch. That clutch means the machine has two belts instead of one. One belt goes from the motor spindle to the clutch, the other goes from the clutch to the brush roll. If one or both of… Read More »

All the Dyson Vacuum Cleaner Models

How many Dysons are there? Dyson makes so many different models of vacuum cleaner, and are always introducing new ones onto the market, that people find the model numbers very confusing. Was the DC01 the first? No it wasn’t actually. The first widely-available vacuum cleaner James Dyson made was called the ‘G-Force’ . It was the first vacuum cleaner to use… Read More »

Dyson DC14 Review

As this is an older article, read this as well: Is the Dyson DC14 Still Worth Repairing? The Dyson DC14 is a non-ball, upright model that Dyson have recently discontinued. You can still find the occasional new Dyson DC14 around, but they are generally the lower specification “origin” models without brush control designed only for… Read More »

How To Use The Dyson Belt Lifter Tool

So, you have gotten yourself the hard-to-get Dyson belt lifter tool. This is the special tool that allows you to stretch the belt on a clutched Dyson, lock it in position, and keep it in one place while you remove the brush bar (brush roll). So you are looking at the strange little pronged device and want to know… Read More »

Dyson Belt & Brush Bar Removal Tool for the DC04, DC07 and DC14.

For a long time, Dyson engineers in the UK have wanted to find a belt removal tool. A tool to lift up the belt on DC04’s, DC07’s and DC14’s to allow the brush bar to be removed easily. Most vacuum cleaner repair shops have either been using home-made belt removal tools or they struggle with a selection of other… Read More »