WifE8P was complaining that her Shark Steam mop was not producing a lot of steam. That’s really the only way we clean the dining room, kitchen, and entry floors, so it’s pretty important for it to work.
The steam would act like it was operating, but would put out little steam.
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- This is actually pretty easy to take apart. The only tool required is a Philips screwdriver, and there are few clips.
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- This is the pump. During troubleshooting, the pump DID (and still does) work. The fact that it was operating and nothing was coming out means that it was pressurizing the hose going from the pump to the mop head nozzle.
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- This is the inside of the sweeper/mop end after removing the steam hose from the outlet. DANGER: STEAM. HOT. I was lucky it fired AWAY from me!
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- This was the problem – a pebble made it up to the outlet nozzle.
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- This is the pebble.
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- Filling to test.
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- It works!
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