Oreck Power Button with Spr...
$6.99
Product details
Oreck ships part 83047-01 for the LW100 Magnesium as a single assembled unit, return spring already fitted rather than sold separately. That detail matters because when this button quits working, the plastic cap itself is rarely to blame. Far more often the actual culprit is the spring underneath it, which has lost its tension or slipped out of place.
Owners tend to notice the same handful of warning signs. You press the button two or three times before the vacuum finally starts, the button stays down instead of popping back up on its own, or the click feels soft and mushy compared to how crisp it used to be. None of these problems resolve themselves, and none justify retiring an otherwise good machine.
Since the replacement arrives fully built, fitting it is a direct swap rather than a diagnostic project. Open the switch housing carefully, since a spring that still has partial tension can pop free during teardown and vanish somewhere inside the vacuum body. Seat the new assembly fully in its housing, then confirm the button travels its complete range and springs back on its own before closing the case.
Give the button a press-and-release check with the cord unplugged first, verifying the mechanical action feels right before power goes back on. Once that checks out, on and off return to the same single-press feel the machine had when new.
- Part: 83047-01, power button with return spring
- Fits: Oreck LW100 Magnesium upright
- Symptom: multiple presses needed to start, button stays down, soft or mushy click
- Install: unplug the machine, swap the full assembly, no loose spring to fit separately
