Kenmore DS4015 / DS4020 Stick Vacuum Mounting Rack Assembly

Part 561051102 is the mounting rack assembly for the Kenmore DS4015 and DS4020 stick vacuums, the dock the machine parks in when it is not in use. It holds the machine upright and correctly aligned rather than leaning against a wall or propped awkwardly in a corner between cleaning sessions.

Wear here comes from repetition rather than any single event: thousands of dockings over the vacuum's working life eventually crack a mounting tab or work a fixing point loose. Once that happens the vacuum stops sitting flush in its dock and starts tipping or sliding free, sometimes taking a fall the first time nobody catches it in time. A rack that has already cracked once is worth replacing outright rather than gluing, since a repaired tab rarely survives the daily flexing of another few months of docking and undocking.

• Part: mounting rack assembly, part 561051102
• Fits: Kenmore DS4015 and DS4020 stick vacuum
• Function: storage dock that holds the machine upright and aligned when parked
• Tip: note exactly how the old rack was fixed in place before taking it down so the replacement goes back the same way

Whatever the rack is fixed to deserves a quick look while the old one is off, since fixings that have worked loose once tend to loosen again if they go straight back into the same tired holes without any attention. Confirm your vacuum's model reads DS4015 or DS4020 before ordering, since the fitment for this rack begins and ends with those two machines. Before removing the old rack, check whether the crack runs through a load-bearing tab or only along a cosmetic edge, since the former is what actually lets the machine drop while the latter can sometimes be left alone. Test-fit the vacuum in the rack by hand once it is mounted, before calling the job finished, to confirm it seats and holds without rocking.