Kirby Bearing Plate / Front...
$6.99
Product details
Part 193281A is the screw Kirby specifies for the bearing plate or the front wheel shaft, packaged five to a set, and it covers the 516 and the models Kirby built after it.
These are exactly the fasteners that walk off during a service. Pull one during a teardown, set it down on the bench, and it rolls away or ends up swapped for whatever screw sits closest in the parts jar. A mismatched thread grinds away the threads inside the boss it goes into, turning a five-minute job into a bigger repair. Over-torquing has a similar effect over time: the screw stops biting cleanly, the bearing plate works loose, and play starts showing up in the front wheel that was not there before.
Buying a five-pack means the next service does not stall waiting on a single fastener, and it covers the case where the screw has already been lost or chewed up more than once over the working life of the machine.
Thread each screw in by hand first to confirm it is catching the original threads in the housing before running it home with a driver; forcing a cross-threaded screw is what actually strips the boss. If a screw spins without ever tightening, the threads it seats into are already gone, and a fresh screw on its own will not put that right.
- Part: 193281A, bearing plate / front wheel shaft screw, 5-pack
- Fits: Kirby 516 and later models
- Symptom: loose bearing plate, wobbling front wheel, or a chewed screw boss
- Install: start each screw by hand to confirm it catches the original thread
