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A toddler sock is stuck in the hose of a shArk lift away kind of by the handle part we took it apart however the hose cannot be removed we can see the sock. Was wondering how to remove the hose we took off all the crews but the hose could not be removed….
Unspool a coat hanger and leave the end that looks like a cork screw alone straighten the rest of the coat hanger then run the coat hanger into the hose till you get to the sock the use the corkscrew end to bore into the sock and once it binds and wont turn any more pull it out
I sucked up a microcloth and used a sewer snake. It was up in the handle part. Saw the answer about a clothes hanger but it was not long enough.
remove the hose from your vacuum. fill it with water making the sock heavy and wet. empty excess water then take the hose outside and swing it around like a helicopter and the sock or whatever will fly out. I just discovered this when my son sucked up a headband. Let the hose dry before using it again or just keep spinning it until its mostly dry and put it back on your vacuum.
this is a serious design problem with the shark. i like the shark because it is light, but it is very difficult to maintain.
Okay. I just had this issue. I took the hose off and used a “zip-it” drain unclogging tool.
Remove the hose from the shark and put it to a Henry hoover it sucked a sock straight through proved Henry had better suction than the SHARK!!!!
I wanted to use a sink unclogger and wound up using baking soda and salt with hot vinegar and it came right out!
I sucked up a cloth swim cap. Tried using a hanger to pull it out, but the hanger tip poked a hole in the hose. The curved design on both ends does not help. I tried sucking it out with a car wash vacuum, getting it wet and swinging the hose, both failed. The hose design sucks!! Pun intended or now in my case the hose doesn’t suck!
Has anyone spoke to shark about this? I’m Guessing it wouldn’t be covered by the warranty but I can’t get it out due to there being a bend in the pipe.
Bit of a twist on the answer here but we took a garden cane and fastened a 60mm screw to the end with tape, carefully insert the cane and screw into the sock. Then slowly pull the sock out.
