I'm trying to put the belt on a Hoover runabout delux. I took the shell off the bottom but I am still unable to get to where the belt attaches

claudine, December 2005

I found this on another site and it worked for me. RonL

Looking at the brush, remove the two screws from the black plate holding the brush. There are two clips that holds this plate once you remove the screws. This should be easy to remove with a flat type screw driver. Now is the tricky part to remove the top cover of the vacuum so you can access the compartment to put the belt on. The whole top part of this vacuum comes off. If you look above the part where black plate was, there are two more clips on the top left and top right hand corner. These two hold one end of the top cover. It is not as simple as pushing the clip to one end to slide out. You have to find a gap between the edge of top cover and bottom structure(right next to each clip) and shove the flat screw driver in and push the top cover away from the bottom structure and push down the top cover. You will notice that there are invisible hinges between the two which locks in the top cover.

Do the same procedure for the bottom right and left edges(right next to each end of the brush) of the vacuum and separate the two(bottom structure and top cover) out using the flat type screw driver..

RonL, February 2009

Remove the two screws from the black plate holding on the brush. Then remove one screw just behind the brush on the black piece. Then pick up the piece that has the two rolling wheels on it under it is another screw remove it. Then the trick is to turn over the vacuum and pop off the green piece on the top of the vacuum where the knob that sets your carpet adjustment High - low. The black under piece doesn't come off like you think it should. Then you weave the belt through the metal rod sticking out and pull it through to the inside. Put the belt back on the brush and align the knobs on the brush and insert it back in the slots. Then you put the green top back together. You have to put the piece with the two rolling wheels back on before you put the black piece on that holds the brush in place.

Ellie Hanley, July 2006