Hoover Royal RY6500 Upright...
$6.99
Product details
Part 1RYV650000 is the V-type O-ring listed for the Royal RY6500 upright, and the same record carries the Hoover model code C1320. It is a small sealing ring, and the listing names the part without naming its position, so the parts breakdown for your machine is the authority on which groove it belongs in.
Sealing rings of this kind age in a predictable way wherever they sit. They lose flexibility, take a permanent flat spot where they have been compressed against a fitting for years, and eventually go hard enough to split when something disturbs them. Very little of that is visible while the ring is still in place, which is why a spent seal is usually judged by feel rather than by eye. Once the old ring is out, run a fingernail around it: a healthy one springs back under pressure, a finished one stays dented and feels stiff and glassy.
What a worn ring costs you depends on where it sits in your particular machine, so identify its location first and let that tell you what it can and cannot explain. The replacement is a direct swap either way. Take the old ring out, clean the groove it sat in so nothing holds the new one proud of its seat, work the replacement in without stretching it further than it takes to get it home, and reassemble in the order you took things apart.
- Part: 1RYV650000
- Fits: Royal RY6500 upright, listed alongside the Hoover C1320
- Construction: V-type O-ring
- When to replace: the ring has gone hard, flattened, or split
- Before ordering: locate the ring on your machine's parts breakdown and confirm this is the seal that has failed, since one hardened ring looks much like another
Seals cost little next to the parts they sit between, so a ring that has already gone hard is worth changing while the machine is open rather than leaving in for another year of service.