Hoover Detent Spring Dimension

A detent spring sits behind a click-stop, holding a mechanism at each set position and producing the definite feel when it engages. Part 35276008 is the version fitted across Hoover's Dimension line and a long lineup of related S-series machines.

Once the spring weakens or snaps, whatever it was holding no longer stays put. A setting that used to lock in place starts drifting under normal use, the click you used to feel disappears, and an adjustment that should feel definite goes vague and sticky instead. It is a small part, but its failure is one of those things you feel with your hands well before you ever see it, usually on a height-adjustment or handle-release mechanism that suddenly will not hold where you set it.

• Part: detent spring, part 35276008
• Fits: Hoover S1347, S1349, S3395, S3399, S3520, S3530, S3535, S3545, S3551, S3553, S3555, S3557, S3559, S3561, S3563, S3565, S3567, S3569, S3571, S3573, S3577, S3580050, S3606, S3607, S3609, S3611, S3612, S3614, S3615, S3629, S3636050, S3640, S3646, S3649, S3655, S3661, S3670, S3755, S3765, and S3765040
• Function: holds a mechanism in a set position and produces the click when it engages

Most owners never see this spring directly and only notice its absence through the symptom, a setting that will not hold, rather than the part itself. It is a low-cost part covering a wide model range, so if you already have the machine opened up for a belt, brush roll, or switch job on any of these models, checking spring tension at the same time saves reopening it later just for this part alone.