Riccar Inner Motor Cover Fo...
$6.99
Product details
Part B222-1300 is the foam filter that sits inside the motor cover on this Riccar upright, positioned to give incoming air one more pass before it enters the motor. It catches grit and fine dust still carried in the air that reaches the motor.
Foam like this compresses and discolors with use. Once a pad has flattened and darkened enough to choke airflow at the motor inlet, the motor runs hotter than it should, and sustained heat is what shortens a motor's working life, which is why this pad is treated as a scheduled swap rather than something to keep cleaning and reusing. Hold the removed pad up to a light source: patchy gray shading across the whole surface is ordinary wear, but a section that has gone solid black, matted flat, or worn through to a hole means it has stopped filtering there.
Washing this kind of foam rarely helps once it has reached that point, because compressed foam that has hardened will not fully re-expand after it dries, leaving a pad that traps less dust than before it was washed. A machine still in a full season of regular use is the point to plan a fresh pad rather than a rinse.
- Part number: B222-1300
- Position: inner motor cover
- Listed for: VIBPBP.2, VIBCBP.1, R21, R21.PLUS
- Sold: individually, as a replacement
Motor cover shapes vary across models, so hold this pad next to the one coming out and confirm the outline and thickness match before you install it. Ships to you in 2-5 business days.