Problem with online checking of local stock is that the computer is almost always wrong, and I mean way wrong, not just a little bit. If a man standing 10 feet from it doesn't know what he's got in stock, than a computer a thousand miles away sure isn't gonna know, either. Always best to check for yourself.
Shop Vac - Missing Filter Lock Nut
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Problem with online checking of local stock is that the computer is almost always wrong, and I mean way wrong, not just a little bit. If a man standing 10 feet from it doesn't know what he's got in stock, than a computer a thousand miles away sure isn't gonna know, either. Always best to check for yourself.
Having a part number helps but isn't always the answer. In a jam, I'll go to one of my mom/pop hardware stores that carry just about anything, and buy whatever looks close. As for a nut, take with me whatever it is with the thread.
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Well at least the model number online was correct, even if the computer wasn't. In this case, taking the piece along to match the thread would have been tough. I wasn't gonna drag the entire shop vac motor around.David
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I was in the Florida City HD yesterday and saw the bottom plate and nut for Ridgid vacs hanging on a display. Maybe look for the combo instead of the nut alone. Also, I would be concerned that the missing nut got sucked up into the impeller of the vac. Where else could it be?Comment
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I'm happy to hear that you made out and got a replacement retainer nut.
I never made it to the hardware store yesterday, but did manage early this afternoon. I have a 12-gal Ridgid, but imagine all the filter retainer nuts are the same. For mine, it uses a 7/16-14 thread.
Perhaps it's still useful information for a future need,
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I'm happy to hear that you made out and got a replacement retainer nut.
I never made it to the hardware store yesterday, but did manage early this afternoon. I have a 12-gal Ridgid, but imagine all the filter retainer nuts are the same. For mine, it uses a 7/16-14 thread.
Perhaps it's still useful information for a future need,
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I love it when a problem is solved for a new guy with a 12 year old solution.
And that's why it is always a good idea to post a solution when one is found or not so someone 12 years down the road can solve the same problem.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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That’s funny, I’ve never thought of looking for vacuum cleaner parts recommendations here! I’ve lost my filter nut several times and didn’t have a ******* size nut like a 7/16-14 on hand. The stud size looked like a 3/8-16 but that size nut didn’t work so I took a 2x2 scrap of pine and drilled and tapped it to 3/8-16 and screwed it on with a little force. It worked fine for several years until the motor finally burned up. Sometimes when a metal piece doesn’t work then try making a wood piece!👍 1Comment
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For Future reference,
Most vacs seems to have a 7/16-14 TPI (standard SAE fractional size, but not that popular compared to 3/8 and 1/2" nuts) stud for mounting the filter and a holder. And a nut to retain them in place.
Generally a plastic -half wing nut like these you can replace on eBay
But my suggestion is just go to the hardware bins and get either a 7/16-14 wing metal steel wing nut or a 7/16-14 Hex nut (You'll probably need a wrench) or even a Nyloc friction locking nut. Any of which can be had for less than a buck.
Generally you don't tighten them too much or it crushes the plastic holder that cups the filter.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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That’s funny, I’ve never thought of looking for vacuum cleaner parts recommendations here! I’ve lost my filter nut several times and didn’t have a ******* size nut like a 7/16-14 on hand. The stud size looked like a 3/8-16 but that size nut didn’t work so I took a 2x2 scrap of pine and drilled and tapped it to 3/8-16 and screwed it on with a little force. It worked fine for several years until the motor finally burned up. Sometimes when a metal piece doesn’t work then try making a wood piece!Hank Lee
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You don't really need a tap to thread the wooden nut. Often you pick the right hole size just smaller than the threaded stud and force thread it on. in the case of the VAC filter nut it's not holding any great force. Wood is soft enough it can be threaded with the bolt itself without cutting threads. But it f you have a tap that works well, too. I think its suggested to make the tap size hole a little smaller than you would for metals, for soft materials.
Another hint. If you don't want to carry half your shopvac to the store to see if the nut fits, take the nut from the hardware aisle to the shop vac aisle and see if it fits the vacs there. If it does, its likely it fits your similar model.. too.Last edited by LCHIEN; 10-07-2021, 09:54 AM.Loring in Katy, TX USA
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Loring, I do use the screw to tap the wood and it works great.
I could be wrong but for some reason, it seems like it might have been Jim Frye. That was 20 years ago.Hank Lee
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Tapping the wood with the bolt, is something I've done on occasion when I'm bolting something together like a rough bench. Don't know how far back that may have started, maybe when us neighbor boys used to put together down hill carts in my late adolescence. Hardware was always scarce and my Dad was the only father amongst who'd let us borrow from his hardware accumulation. (He kept kegs full of bolts, nuts, pipe fittings, and even brackets and other hardware. Any time a neighbor needed anything, all they had to do was ask... "Hey you don't happen to have a 'so-and-so' do ya?" (One of my chores was to put everything back in the kegs.)
So, drilling a proper hole and using a regular bolt to tap was pretty common. But, that was steel and on a nylon or ABS plastic stud that may not work without damage.
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