Bissell Fan Housing for BGU...
$13.99
Product details
This molded shell channels air through the motor assembly on Bissell's BGU8000 Big Green commercial machine before it reaches the exhaust, and part U8000-16 is the replacement.
Daily commercial duty puts years of impacts on a machine like this one, and a housing does not have to shatter outright to cause trouble. A hairline crack or a warp from heat lets air bypass the intended path, and the two symptoms that tend to show up together are a motor that sounds louder or rougher than normal and suction that has fallen off even though the bag or filter is clean. Because the housing sits directly around a spinning fan, even a small deformation can change the clearance enough to introduce a rubbing or ticking noise that gets worse as the machine warms up.
Commercial uprights like this one see daily use across carpeted and hard-floor commercial spaces, often moved between rooms by cart or dolly, and the housing is one of the components most exposed to that kind of repeated handling. A crack that starts small at a mounting boss can spread with continued vibration until a chunk breaks free entirely, at which point the fan can strike the loose piece directly.
If the housing has a visible crack, chip, or a section pulled away from its mounting points, that is reason enough to replace it on its own; correcting the airflow path is what brings the noise and the suction back in line. The BGU8000 itself is Bissell's lightweight 13 inch commercial upright, a bagged 8 pound machine sold into exactly the kind of daily janitorial duty that eventually cracks a fan housing. Verify part U8000-16 against your machine's part diagram before ordering.
- Part: U8000-16, fan housing
- Machine: Bissell BGU8000, sold under the Big Green commercial line
- Function: channels airflow from the intake through the motor to the exhaust
- Replace when: a crack or warp is visible, or the motor runs louder and weaker at the same time
- Before ordering: verify part U8000-16 against your machine's part diagram