Help! Vintage GE floor scrubber how do I remove brushes?

[tinkr]

Thrift store find. GE P11FP4
My hoover died and have been looking for a replacement.

Found this today.. It runs, but is really nasty, moldy smelling under the brushes.

How do I get these brushes off? Any help is appreciated.

Sorry about the fuzzy pics.

 

[tinkr]

Problem solved!!! Brute Force

Simply pull them off.
Who da thunk it would be so easy???

 

[nitrous]

"Just pull 'em off"?

well, I can't pry mine off with a screwdriver.
anyone have a picture of the rotating shafts with the brushes off?
Tnx
Doug

 

[tolivac]

Try twisting them off in theopposite direction they turn.Many of those floor machines had "bayonet" lock attachments.

 

[tomturbomatic]

On my old Hoover Floor-a-Matic, they have to be first pushed into the base of the machine, then twisted in the opposite direction in which they rotate.