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I have a Shark Navigator vacuum & I'm very happy with it. (was a handmedown from bestie) But it wasn't shmovin' very well, and I looked, and the roller is wrapped to hell in hair. This is normal. This is frequent. Removing this hair is a regular aspect of vacuum maintenance. Well it's really hard to do that removal while the roller is in the vacuum. So I decided to remove the roller - something that should be pretty quick & easy - something that is quick & easy in my 30 year old vacuum (which needs a new bag and is much heavier, so its not my goto vacuum). Well. removing the plate required removing 8 screws. That alone is slightly a nuisance, but not a big deal. Could be better, but not worth complaining about on its own. But the screws are a torx (star) bit ... EXCEPT they have a pin in the middle. Torx bits are fine - they're superior to phillips, and they're commonplace nowadays. But the ones with the pin require you to have special drivers - which I do have - which adds an extra…

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