Craftsman 17816 Super Air Vacuum Cartridge Filter Replacement Part

dave: Happy with the purchase

United States on Jun 30, 2023

Joe: I expressly bought this particular item was because the picture of the carton shows it is "Made in USA." The carton that contained my filter says "Made in China." I could have bought many other versions of this low-tech item for less than 2/3 the price I paid for this. I'm very disappointed in what I consider false advertising.

United States on Jun 25, 2023

Marvin: The filter is a good replacement. The original used a wing nut on a shaft to hold it in place, this uses a push on dive to hold it on the shaft. The problem is, it does not always stay on it falls off the threaded shaft into the container and stops doing the intended job. Have stop the vac, take it apart and replace the filter on the shaft. If it was designed to use the wing nut to hold the filter in place I would give it 5 stars

United States on May 25, 2023

RobinRobin: I got this for my craftsman 12 gal wet/dry vac., Circa 2012. Previous filters were too short. The filter fit, a tad tight at the gasket, but it's on and isn't going to fall off. The nut even screwed on. The paper filter is not as ridgid as the older filters, still will work. Time will tell on how long the filter will last. Comes in a different box than shown on Amazon. It's made in China.

United States on May 02, 2023

BarryLBarryL: Tried a generic (Rigid) from home center, wrong size, this seems to be the best/closest match.

There's a lip/seal on the filter bottom that fits in a groove in the lid. It wasn't fully seating because the filter top plate was hitting the top of the filter cage. This also meant there weren't enough threads exposed to tighten the nut.  (My filter pleats are a slightly bent because I kept pushing down trying to get the lip/seal into the groove, before realizing the cage was blocking it.)

So I trimmed the filter down a small amount, maybe 1/4", from *inside* the filter. What I trimmed is opposite that threaded top, where there's a molded unthreaded raised spacer. (The old filter top plate is pliable rubber, relatively flat inside and out. It wasn't the original but a Sears branded replacement. The original filter removable top plate was also rubber.)

It's an awkward spot to cut inside the filter. I trimmed using a manual ratcheting auger drill, with a bit large enough to match the diameter (very old , was my grandfather's). Then I  evened/smoothed with an X-Acto blade. Not perfect but good enough.

I put the original cap nut upside down to form a...

United States on Oct 09, 2021