Black and Decker Pivot MAX Power Switch Replacement

Don’t waste your time trying to fix, the battery pack was never made to be replaced. NO REPLACEMENT PARTS!!

Too just troubleshoot the motor, after removing this section you can go straight to step 11. The pivot linkage referenced in a previous step is spring loaded and can simply be pressed down to rotate the gray ring and expose the screw heads in step 11. Disassembling the handle to remove it is not necessary. With the motor cover removed, the electrical connections are exposed. This is as far as I needed to go as I discovered the positive connector had become detached and simply needed to squeeze the connector for a tighter fit and placed back on the spade…reassembled and back in business.

As far as the battery comment above…this is not the case either. I also accessed that to check it out. The battery pack’s cover comes right off and exposes the board and 5 standard cells. Didn’t disassemble further then that to see exactly what batteries they are as mine were in good health on the meter, but looked to be a fairly simple replacement if your comfortable soldering tabs on batteries.

Replacing batteries in this battery pack is impractical. Even if you're adept at repairing such assemblies, it takes 5, LGEAHB71865 cells, which can't be found, at all. There are cells that can replace those. But, as the cells go for around $40 to $50 for a four pack, by the time you acquire the 5th cell, you may as well just by a new vac for around $75.00 on Amazon! Plus, if you do replace them, count on an hour, or 2, of your time disassembling & reassembling them. While I find this to be a really powerful & serviceable vacuum in all other respects, the simple fact that you can't replace the battery pack for a reasonable price, makes it a rip off! Still, Black and Decker did make up for this oversight a couple of years ago, when I called them to ask about new batteries for my vac. The woman politely explained that they don't sell the batteries, but then sent me a free replacement vac for my trouble. So, they're a good company, but I wouldn't count on getting that same deal when your batteries fail!

Slide TOWARD the motor while lifting up the end of the cover that you just unscrewed. A gentile wiggle helps if it feels stuck

Uh, the above comment is incorrect, the first one is right. You HAVE to slide it AWAY from the motor, there are two tiny plastic teeth on the cover next to where the charger contacts are, those teeth are what make the cover feel stuck, you must GENTLY slide while lifting the unscrewed end so these teeth pull out, otherwise if you force it they’ll break and you’ll need duct tape to hold your BDH2000 together.

I had to lift and pull toward the motor like Andrew wrote….

What does one do with the %#*@ motherboard? How does it come away from the battery?

My vacuum has no disconnect. I am dead in the water, please help.

Instruction were wonderful. Where can I get new batteries?

+1, any link to where to buy the batteries?

my vacuum is about 3 yo and now it stops working in a minute from full charge

I disassembled it and checked the battery module, it is soldered and combine in a hard way to replace battery units one by one

B&D doesn’t suggest any parts to replace entire battery module

any advice other than to buy a new cleaner?

On my vacuum I also had three screws on the other side of the handle.

Before replacing the switch, try reconnecting the battery and seeing if the motor will run by pushing on the red button. If this works, the switch is fine, but the plastic slide that pushes on the button is not pushing it in far enough. The easiest solution is to remove the spring and lengthen it a bit so it pushes the switch farther out to make better contact with the plastic slide.