Kirby Parts & Tools

Free, make-your-own 3D models of vintage Kirby factory service tools, plus a replacement parts cross-reference for most models.
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Service Tools

Each tool is reproducible at home from standard bar, rod, or flat stock with a lathe and a saw (no castings, no welds). Click a preview to explore it in 3D, or grab the CAD files to make your own.

Jump to: T127 · T104 · T130 · T124 · T123

T127 — Armature Bearing Press

A portal-frame (“arch”) press for the motor’s rear shaft bearing. The armature shaft seats in the U-slot of the base plate; turning the 1/4-20 pusher bolt drives the bearing squarely off. Milled from flat stock and an aluminum block, with four screws holding the base plate to the arch – no castings, no welds.

NOTE: the T127 presses a bearing off the armature shaft; to press one back on, a 5/16" socket makes a perfect driver – its lip matches the bearing’s inner race (so you drive the race, never the balls) and its bore clears the few mm of shaft that pokes through. Chill the shaft end in dry ice, slip the bearing on by hand while the shaft is shrunk, then tap it home with a rubber mallet on the socket until fully seated.

T127 bearing press in use on a Model 518 motor shaft — T127 in use

T127 armature bearing press, 3D render — Interactive 3D preview (open full view ↗)

Download CAD: STL 3MF SCAD

T104 — Armature Lock (early)

A double-ended lock pin. Push either tip through the motor armature shaft’s cross-hole to stop it from turning while you break loose the fan – either end works. Used on Models 505 through DS80; for newer models, use T130. Turned from 8 mm rod, with a 3 mm dowel-pin tip pressed into each drilled end.

T104 armature lock inserted through motor housing into armature hole. — T104 in use

T104 armature lock pin, 3D render — Interactive 3D preview (open full view ↗)

Download CAD: STL 3MF SCAD

T130 — Armature Lock (sheet steel)

A folded flat-stock armature lock, used on 1CR – Legend II (older models use T104). Its flat blade slides into the armature’s core laminations – between the field windings, not into the commutator (as the grainy reference photos make it look). The upturned tab at the far end catches the motor housing, so torque on the fan or brushroll locks against the case instead of turning the armature. A trapezoidal notch indexes it into position; the handle sticks out the back of the motor. Cut from 1 mm flat-stock steel (laser or by hand), folded along the bend lines.

T130 armature lock in use on a Tradition motor — T130 in use

T130 sheet-steel armature lock, 3D render — Interactive 3D preview (open full view ↗)

Download CAD: STL 3MF SCAD

T124 — Handle-Spring Winder (early)

The earlier counterpart to T123, for the pre-516 handle spring used on Models 505 through 515. It does the same job – winding the handle spring against itself to set tension – but where T123 is a T-handle spanner, T124 is an unusual two-piece design. It’s the rarest tool in the set; a model is in the works so anyone can reproduce one.

3D model & CAD files coming soon.

Interactive 3D preview (coming soon)

T123 — Handle-Spring Winder

A T-handle torque spanner for setting handle-spring tension. Used on Models 516 – Legend II; earlier models use T124. The dark tang under the disc engages the slot in the handle-spring shaft, letting you wind the spring against itself — a job that slips and chews up the slot if attempted with pliers. Made from rods, dowel pin, and bar stock, friction-fit assembled with oil-tolerant Loctite 243.

T123 handle-spring winder, 3D render — Interactive 3D preview (open full view ↗)

Download CAD: STL 3MF SCAD

Quick Parts Lookup

Excludes pre-505 and post-Sentria models.

Model	Bag(s)	Brushroll	Belt	Front Bearing	Rear Bearing	Motor Brushes	Fan	Light Bulb
505	K-190062	1482S	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500^{Original Kirby Part №: A1160}	87007^{Original Kirby Part №: A1155}	K-118067	1189S^{Originally used the 6-blade fan (Kirby Part №: 1188S).}	K-1650
508	K-190062	1482S	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	1189S^{Originally used the 6-blade fan (Kirby Part №: 1188S).}	K-1650
510	K-190062	1482S	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	1189S^{Originally used the 6-blade fan (Kirby Part №: 1188S).}	K-1650
511	K-190062	1482S	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	1189S^{Originally used the 6-blade fan (Kirby Part №: 1188S).}	K-1650
512	K-190062	1482S	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	1189S^{Originally used the 6-blade fan (Kirby Part №: 1188S).}	K-1650
513	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	1189S^{Originally used the 6-blade fan (Kirby Part №: 1188S).}	K-1650
514	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	1189S^{Originally used the 6-blade fan (Kirby Part №: 1188S).}	K-1650
515	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	1189S	K-1650
516	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
517	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
518	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
519	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
560	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
561	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
562	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
San. VII	K-190062	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
DS50	K-190065	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
DS80	K-190067	K-1525	K-159056^{Original Kirby Part №: 1590S}	87500	87007	K-118067	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
1CR	K-190073	K-152575	K-159056	87500	87007	K-118076	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-1650
1-CB	K-190073	K-152575	K-159056	6200^{Original Kirby Part №: K-116073}	608^{Original Kirby Part №: K-115573}	K-118076	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-109273
2-CB	K-190077	K-152575	K-159056	6200	608	K-118076	K-119078^{Originally used the now-obsolete metal fan blade (Kirby Part №: A119056).}	K-109273
3-CB	K-19067903	K-152575	K-159056	6200	608	K-118076	K-119078	K-109273
1-HD	K-19068103	K-152581	K-159056	6200	608	K-118076	K-119078	K-109273
2-HD	K-197289	K-151584^{Contains magnet for Brush Performance Indicator.}	K-159056	6200	608	K-118076	K-119078	K-109273
G3	K-197294	K-156293	K-301291	6200	608	K-107189	K-119092^{Also accepts the earlier K-119078 fan blade.}	K-109289
G4	K-197294	K-156293	K-301291	6200	608	K-107189	K-119092^{Also accepts the earlier K-119078 fan blade.}	K-109289
G5	K-197294	K-152502	K-301291	6200	608	K-107189	K-119096	K-109289
G6	K-204814	K-152502	K-301291	6200	608	K-107189	K-119096	K-109289
Ult. G	K-204814	K-152502	K-301291	6200	608	K-107189	K-119096	K-109289
DE	K-204814	K-152505	K-301291	6200	608	K-107189	K-119096	K-109289
Sentria	K-204814	K-152505	K-301291	6200	608	K-107189	K-119096	K-164306

Notes:

1482S (505–512 brushroll) — still sold under its original number; it was never renumbered into the modern K- series.
K-151584 (2-HD brushroll) — dimensionally identical to the 1-HD roll (K-152581), but adds a magnet for the Brush Performance Indicator light on late Heritage II / Legend I models; the magnet is the only reason it carries a different number.
K-190062 (505 – San. VII bag) — the current generic replacement bag. Kirby consolidated the original per-model 5xx–VII bags into one SKU rather than reissue each, so these models all share one bag today (DS50 onward kept distinct numbers).
Bag column lists OEM 3-pack part numbers; the 3-CB (K-19067903) and 1-HD (K-19068103) numbers are genuinely unique. Tradition — Legend II also accept generic Style 1 / 2 / 3 bags (see the filter-type table on the blog), so the model-specific SKU isn’t the only option.