Dyson Clutch, with Belt Dc07 Dc14 Dc33

Works great and installation was pretty straightforward. I suggest watching some of the YouTube videos showing tips about opening the vacuum casing to access the clutch. It's not difficult but the tips are priceless. It also helps to have a little muscle to stretch the new beater bar belt. Don't be afraid to pry against that little purple oval with a big screwdriver to stretch the belt.

When the vacuum was reassembled (after many hours), it worked, so the clutch gets 5 stars. However...The trouble started with the clutch ratcheting sound, which in the past meant pet hair and carpet fiber had sufficiently wound around the brush that I needed to get out a scissors and knife and clean it up. In this instance, it did not fix the problem, so to the google I go. I saw that the clutch was the likely culprit (I could turn the brush manually, but the clutch wouldn't). I ordered and received the new clutch and Torx screwdriver. I watched the youtube video created by the nice lady, several times, and proceeded to swap the clutch out. My biggest problem was not shown in the video, however. After taking off all the parts needed, and removing the three screws holding the clutch housing in place, the housing did not slip out easily as it did in the video. In fact, it was as if there was another screw somewhere, because it was in TIGHT. I wiggled it, pried at it, wiggled some more. Eventually, it loosened, but something still prevented it from coming out. In a pique, I may have pulled a bit too hard, but it came out, along with a small piece of broken black plastic (I have the purple Animal DC07 model). I was never able to find where the piece broke off from. There was no black plastic inside the vac where the housing had come from, and it didn't fit anywhere on the housing itself (although, if I had found the spot, I doubt super glue would have been sufficient, the way that the plastic parts of this vac are meant to contort). A mystery for sure.Anyway, after that, putting in the new clutch was not hard, although you should know that the new belts are very much shorter than the ones attached to the old clutch (my vac is 6 years old, so the belts had stretched). It's doable to get the roller back in place without the special tool, but for reasons to be explained, I probably should have purchased it. Experimenting with the old belt, before removing it (and before ordering), I thought it would not be hard to do, especially with me stretching the belt with two screwdrivers, and my wife wielding the roller brush. Turned out that when dealing with the new, very much shorter and tighter belt, it was easier with one person than two. Anyway, doable, but it does require some strength. The belts can take a lot of abuse!Well, all back together, and the vac still didn't work, still made the ratchety noise. I took the brush back off, removed some stuff, then plugged it in. With no roller, the clutch rotated fine. I put a large screwdriver through the belt and added tension to the belt. Without too much tension, the belt turned nicely. So now it looked like the brush roller was problem. Wish I had looked at this before spending the $35 on the new clutch. Back to google.I watched a video about checking the roller and the clutch. It showed that the ends of the roller pull off, the metal shaft comes out, then the bearings can be wiggled out and checked, and replaced if necessary. At first I thought the video guy had a different roller brush (the vac looked different than mine, although it was a DC07 too). I did notice what appeared to be lint wrapped around the axle between one end cap and the roller body. I started picking at this (there was quite a bit), and wondered why there was clearance on one end (where I was working) but not the other. I then thought maybe the ends screwed off, and tried that for a while, before finally being presented with evidence that, indeed, the ends do pull off (at least one of them; the other remained connected to the metal center shaft). I cleaned off all the accumulated gunk, tried unsuccessfully to remove the bearings using the video-suggested phillips screwdriver. I gave up on that, figuring if the vac still didn't work, I'd order a new roller for $15. I'm not sure where to get the bearings anyway. Amazon only sells the whole roller.Well, the vac now works. Was the old clutch bad? I won't know until the new one fails and I will then put the old one back. Do I wish I'd purchased the special belt tool? Yes, not only would I have had an easier time of it, but going forward I'd probably use it frequently to remove the roller and give it a good cleaning. The next $25 Amazon order I'll get it. I will also buy a replacement hose, the one you have to remove to do this job, because even though it looked fine when installed, on close exam it had numerous tears. Packing tape will work until then.Bottom line, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, I feel more empowered and more connected to my Dyson, but before committing to the whole clutch replacement adventure, I recommend taking a good look at the roller! And if the motor ever fails. I'm buying a $150 Bissel!

It is fairly straight forward but it takes a while to install because of the two awkward belt stretches that need to occur while reinstalling the brush roller. All the belts that you need do come with the clutch assembly so you do not have to order the extras.I thought I would mention that bit about the extra belts since it is a little confusing when you look at it. In the picture they show belts but do not talk about them and Amazon has a set of belts available so it looks like you may need to order them do do the job. The answer is no. You don't need to order any belts, they come with the clutch assembly.As for ordering the belts alone and not the clutch, from what I can tell, once any belt breaks, the clutch is usually fried. I took my clutch apart (#10 torx) and found it to be a mess of melted, burned plastic inside.I used no special tools, just and two to three screwdrivers at various times to stretch the belt over the brush roller. The torx 15 driver is required to tighten down the screws. I'm sure it would have gone faster with the special dysan installation tools but I do not expect to repair these for a living. When I took it apart I found the video on the internet (just Google it) very helpful.My son helped me stretch the belt off the bad clutch assembly (the other belt was broken) and it made the job much easier. I wish I would have waited until he was available to reassemble it as it would have been a much easier job with more hands.I (and my wife and kids) have been using it for a few weeks now and it works like brand new. I found this to be a great investment as opposed to send the whole darn vacuum back to get it repaired at an "authorized facility".Good luck,John Eberhardt

Unless you're a person with every tool known to man, this is a tough fix. The clutch needed replacing since the belt was torn and I REFUSE to give up on my Dyson DC07 since I've replaced just about everything on it at this point. But this fix? I wouldn't suggest that most people attempt it. To guess which torque size to use is the first issue. Then getting into a tight space the approximate diameter of a Sharpie marker takes a special, long-handled but slim extension. Loosening a tight screw is the second issue so a drop or two of penetrating oil was necessary so the screw wouldn't strip. I ended up enlarging the hole in the plastic casing to get to that screw. Fast forward. Replacing the clutch itself wasn't terrible but the belt is so tight that the tool that is supposed to "assist" in lifting the belt over the roller actually snapped. The belt was too much for it. I snapped off a piece of plastic on the housing too but extra-strength airplane glue fixed that. It works great and needed doing so I'm thrilled to have the new part. But this was literally a 3-week repair for me since i had to have the right tools and the time to do it.

The actual problem was a worn (stretched) belt from the drive motor to the clutch. This was not obvious until dis-assembly of the vacuum. For $40.00 I got the two belts and a new clutch assembly.

Item arrived reasonably quickly, not easy to fit, but that’s not their fault, totally rejuvenated our machine

Correct fit. Also a handyman tip, remove end caps on brush to clean out hair that has embedded under cap around shaft. It causes limited rotation of brush

If you're handy, not difficult to install. Vaccuum works so much better now!

Pieza original de fábrica, reemplazo perfecto para la dc14 que se vendió en México viene con las bandas ya instaladas

price was good, it does the job! Fitting it was a bit of a job, do recommend googling 'how to fit clutch assembly Dyson DC04' though, [preferably before you dismantle much of your Dyson] as there is a video clip of exactly how to fit it. Which was invaluable if its the first time you have done this.

Vacuum cleaner repair well as part was just what I needed

Very happy I figured out with YouTube how to save my amazing 16 year old Dyson. Works like new. I also changed beater bar while at it. Totally worth it.