What is it with shop vac's ? I've gone through 4 of them in my time so far
my latest is a Haart 3.5 gal for cleaning my pellet stove, so far so good
but all the rest the bearings in the motors went out.... it's like they were ALL put together with no grease on the bearings !
I am tempted to pull the one I have apart right now and grease it real good !
they all worked great for a short period of time...then promptly died as the bearing would ware out and allow the motor to wobble
once they start going into that wobble mode they can't get the RPM and are useless.......
I suggest you pull your brand new Shop vac apart and lube the bearings !
they should be tiny ball bearings but even those need lubed !
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Bob..