Vacuum repair man shows how to take apart and reassemble Dyson V11 for cleaning

Detailed instructions for how to take apart and reassemble Dyson V11 cyclone assembly for cleaning. If this was helpful and you would like to send me a tip as a thank you: venmo @Brett-Magnuson-3

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[richardsvacuumcenter]

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[jembarber]

Thank you from England. A huge help when my V11 needed an overhaul. Couldn't have done it without you!

[cliffcoffey]

Thank you from Australia. Managed to disassemble and clean my V11 following your instructions. It was smelling like wet dog, despite filter replacements, to the point of being unusable.

[Fistsfullofdollers]

Thanks Richard... excellent and very clear instructions saved me a stack of money...!

[gregallan]

Thanks helped me repair mine. The v11 will likely be the last Dyson I buy. Great suction but making the critical parts from plastic is unacceptable for a vacuum in this price range. We're in our third floor motorhead as well.

[karlsachs]

Nice job. As an engineer I appreciate clear concise instructions. Very well done!

[andreazauli]

Finally a real explanation in how to properly dismount and clean Dyson V12

[IanMacias]

Thank you! I followed the process and deep cleaned it after four years of use. Works like new and no more weird smell!

[ringoffire]

According to the time scrubber, 5:55 seems to be the most viewed part of the video, where he successfully pops out the Left Vacuum Piece (LVP) from the Right Vacuum Piece (RVP) from the top-right hand side of that square hole belonging to the RVP. Here, he lifts part of the LVP up so that the RVP can be pulled away from the LVP, since they're both stuck together. For those of you who struggled like I did, I saw in another video of a different way of lifting the LVP. At 5:42 (pause right here), he says that "you can kinda work around...". Notice that his screwdriver is more on the top-left side. That's were I focus on first, and here we're gonna "work around" the square to pry the LVP off.

Instead of going from above the square hole (where the guy's screwdriver is at), I go in underneath from the opening on the far left side of the LVP. I insert a LONG (enough) flathead screwdriver inside the vacuum underneath the upper white mesh/filter (the lighter grey area with a bunch of small holes for the air to suck in), entering from the opening on left side and sliding the flathead to the right. Because it's long enough, i have enough leverage to lift up and bend the light grey mesh up so that it is raised above the square part the OP is trying to lift from (he's doing it from the top-right side, but ur doing it from the left). When the LVP is raised enough, you can push and slide the flathead even further to the right so that it lays over the square area (which belongs to the RVP). Now you got a stable gap.

Before following OP's directions to "kinda work around" the square to pry the LVP off, you could possibly try to pull the RVP off a little, ala 5:58. At this point it should be giving in Slightly. Idr if I did this, I was trying a bunch of things, but pulling it off a little might give the gap you've made more stable, idr.

Keep pushing the flathead to the right, doing ur best to "work around" the square (also perhaps pulling on the RVP as I said above). OP might have this down to a science, but for me, I think I just kept pushing near the area he was pushing at and eventually the RVP gave. Hope this was helpful. Maybe look at 13:37 for some extra stuff.

[Mach]

Excellent walkthrough, I thought I was going to be buying a new machine but after a deep clean, it is working like new again

[tanyahamilton]

Yes, Thanks so much for the informative video. Keep them coming as they are so helpful.
I have realized just recently that it’s possible to give these Dysons a thorough cleaning. I own a v11 & 2 v6 cordless ones. I recently cleaned out one of my v6 and it’s unbelievable how much dust and hair makes it way in the cyclone area.
I wish Dyson would make it a bit easier to access these areas for more regular maintenance. When they get clogged up the device doesn’t work as well and has issues.

[danherring]

Richard, great job sharing how to make this repair to a “plugged” Dyson. The step where you have to use the screw drivers to separate the two parts is what I call the “manufacturers’ required repair secrecy. I believe that manufacturers make their products in a way that you have to know what to do to complete a step in the repair process. Most people would get to the step where removing the screws would not allow you to separate the two parts. I found that inserting a flathead screwdriver beneath the opening and twisted upwards released the two units without damage to the surface. Try that next time you have a repair job for this unit. Dan

[pieromancardi]

great video, thanks for sharing. Must say "Sir" Dyson designs objects prone to break and purposely difficult to repair. For the price they ask, they should be ashamed.

[nicholascasal]

So helpful!! My Dyson broke and I’m pretty proficient at cleaning it (w/o taking it apart completely. Nothing worked. 2 year old Dyson. I had the right screwdrivers and followed this video almost exactly (I have two little screws I didn’t put back in somewhere in process accidentally) and boom! Sucker fires right up when I’m done. FLAGGING: at first it didn’t start and then I retightened all the exterior accessible acres until I felt I’d strip them by going any bit further. That did the trick and she fired right up.

[thillak]

Thank you Richard, its a excellent walk through video. You saved me from getting another one. She works as new. Thank you again

[dominikgmeiner]

Thank you this is really helpful. I followed along taking everything apart.

The metal mess is the hardest part.

I just cleaned it out with an air compressor, I didn’t undo the electrical to wash everything.

Lesson learned don’t vacuum up ash even if it’s cold.

Thanks for the video.

[dodge_walks]

Thanks for this guide, just striped ours down as it was giving spurious airway blocked messages when using on full power, the thing literally exploded fine dust all over my bench. Thank god I have a decent shop vac to hoover up after this ridiculously over expensive piss poor engineered POS. Never buying one of these again now I have looked at how they work under the hood. I can only assume the QA team only tested this on perfectly clean lino flooring rather than the average family carpet for more than 5 minutes. The accumulation of fine dust past the filter was simply astonishing. It almost seemed engineered to fail. . . . .which I suspect is probably the case. Certainly anyone who isn't brave enough to follow a guide like this and tear theirs down for a deep clean has bought something that WILL fail in short time.

Rant over :) Excellent guide! Well explained. Only step I had a challenge with was separating the bodies at 5:56 before deciding to just go for it as was ready to chuck the damn thing in the bin anyway!

Curious if you have a brand of cordless vacumns you would recommend that aren't made of tissue paper and dreams?

[drvacuum]

Great! One of the better videos showing this.

[rickdisney]

Hey Richard....great video on taking that unit apart....Wife was ready to buy a new one when I fixed ours thanks to your man

[charbee]

Outstanding video!! Was able to thoroughly clean my v10 using your very detailed work. Thanks!!