Riccar/Simplicity Direct Air Fan - Brilliance & Synchrony Upright 518 The brush slides onto a

The brush slides onto a matching 1-1/4 inch wand

often with a burning smell or excessive vibration

Aerus: E117A

As a filter loads with fine dust

A bypass motor that has lost suction

Riccar/Simplicity Direct Air Fan - Brilliance & Synchrony Upright 518 The brush slides onto aThe Riccar and Simplicity Direct Air Fan is the replacement suction fan for Brilliance and Synchrony upright vacuums, along with the matching Simplicity models built on the same platform. In a direct air upright, the fan is the heart of the machine, generating the airflow that pulls dirt off the carpet, so a chipped or cracked fan shows up immediately as weak suction. Fans usually fail after the vacuum swallows a coin, a rock, or another hard object.