Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I've got a Hoover F5895-900 SteamVac and the hose has broken. I'd like to replace the hose, however, I see no easy way to remove the broken portion of the hose that's stuck in the vacuum (see image link below). I haven't found any rough guides on how to perform this fix so any help/input would be great.


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The US Hoover branded vacuum you buy today is also sold as an Oreck, Royal or Dirt Devil. All they do is change the color and the name on the machine. Most of these are made in China and are achingly cheap. At least one Hoover commercial upright model comes out of the old Oreck plant alongside and identical Oreck branded machine. The original Hoover factories are all long ago closed. It is not the same Hoover from the days when it was family owned and headquartered in Ohio. When old man Hoover died the heirs didn't want to keep the business in the family and sold it. Maytag bought the US arm and Candy Group of Italy bought their European operations. When Whirlpool bought out Maytag they immediately sold Hoover to Hong Kong based TTI, apparently not wanting to get back into the business of making vacuums after having sold their former vacuum making business to Panasonic in 1995. Candy Group still makes Hoover branded products sold in the EU.

I am thinking the hose unscrews from the housing. See what happens if you turn the hose counter clockwise.