You do not have to take apart the pivot section. Just follow the steps on this website for headlight replacement until step seven. make sure you have a t20 security bit driver. the rest is simple.
I replaced this hose recently on mine. I was unable to find anywhere online a replacement hose that explicitely stated my exact model of vacuum. Here is what I bought from the Walmart website without knowing for sure if it would fit, as it was for different models of shark vacuum cleaners. Here is the description: “Lower Nozzle Hose for Shark Rotator Vacuum Cleaner NV341 NV501 UV560” I have the Shark Rotator Powered Lift-away NV755 (Best buy model). This hose worked perfectly. It’s important that the direction of the spiral is the same. If the spiral on this hose was the thread on a bolt, it would be a left-hand thread. I followed the very good directions on this website for headlight replacement to step 7 to locate all of the screws that needed to be removed. I would only add that on mine, one of the two screws circled in yellow located beneath the beater brush cover was a T20 torx security bit. not to be confuse with the smaller regular torx hidden under the gasket. I wasted time thinking I had to...