I have had a dozen or so blenders and all had plastic drive gears. Can anyone tell me the materials the drive gears are made of?
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The drive sprocket on the blender base is hard rubber--I haven't cut into it to see if it's a rubber coated metal drive gear, but it seems pretty solid. The jar has a metal gear and entire blade assembly is all metal except for a rubber sealing gasket. The drive system seems pretty substantial; I would expect it to last a long time.
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http://www.totalvac.com/waring.html You can see in the parts guide the gears are metal and are available as a spare part. I have used the blender frequently (twice daily for 6 months so far) , but can't wholly attest to its future life span. I just bought another one for my son, who just bought an apartment and he uses it as well.
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The part that is connected to the blender is metal coated in rubber and the gear wheel on the container is metal
900558
yeah I can answer your question. I just received mine from amazon about a wek or so ago. I was a amazon vote winner. I contacted Kitchenaid, and they told me my mixer was made in August of this year. All mixers made after april of 2007 have metal gearboxes. Read my review.
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A lot of people say that the plastic drive shaft strips out after only a few months. Probably what has happened to yours. I think you can just take the two pieces apart and look at the plastic drive shaft (there is a picture of a stripped on on Amazon's site under the manufacturer photos) to see if that is indeed your problem.
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i checked both rollers. all metal. i cannot see any plastic on drive or inside rollers. jay
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It is made out of plastic. The only metal parts are the crank and the disks. All of the gears are also made of plastic. The one I purchased worked fine for a few times, but then one of my children cranked too hard and stripped the plastic gears.
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The worm drive is made of 100% hardened carbon steel. The 1st reduction gear is made of POM (Polyoxymethylene) molded onto a hardened carbon steel bushing with a brass insert. The second reduction gear is also made of POM molded onto a hardened carbon steel bushing with a brass insert. The main drive gear is made of 100% hardened carbon steel. POM (Polyoxymethylene) is an engineering polymer that is used in many sizes of precision gears that require high stiffness, high abrasion resistance, high heat resistance, low coefficient of friction and excellent dimensional stability. We used to have all of the gears in our electric meat grinders made of hardened carbon steel, but in 2008 we changed to having both of our reduction gears made out of the POM/steel. By changing these two gears to POM/steel (although they are more expensive than all steel) our grinders can now take a lot more abuse and they also run much smoother and quieter than a gear system made with all steel gears. Regards, Jim The Mercanile Station
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The gears are hard plastic. I received my first popper with a broken gear tooth but the company replaced it quickly and at no extra cost to me. I've had mine a couple of years now and use it often. It still works great.
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The pulleys are a synthetic material of some sort, probably a phenolic, and seem to be of good quality. Plastic often denotes a cheap product but I don't think this is the case here. It would be a rare bird indeed today to find cast iron drive components in products of this sort.
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The blade and the motor are, of course, metal. The rest is plastic. It is very sturdy. We have been using it for about 6 months now for frozen smoothies (very thick ones) and it hasn't let us down. Works like a charm every time.
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Blender attachment is stainless steel. If you want to get technical, there is a small rubber gasket above the rotary blade (inside the bell shaped part of the blender attachment). Otherwise all parts are inert, non-leaching into your food, and very durable.
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Mine was an older model, I typed in the model number on the bottom of the blender and it showed me the replacement parts. I hope this helps.
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First of all, I believe you have the model numbers reversed.Secondly, the answer is yes.Thirdly, the plastic gear appears to be husky enough.Fourthly, I think the trick is not to overload the blender.
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I asked my husband this question..He says he does not know whether the gears are metal or plastic. But we do know it has worked well for us and we have no complaint. We love it. We use it to cut limbs and anything else around the place that is too large for trimmer or shears.
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The one I had was plastic. The only thing stainless is the motor. You should check out the Breville.
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If you are refering to the plastic gear that drives the blades, I can say with certainty that is has not. I love this machine and when mine went on the fritz we called the mfg and ask about a replacement part and was told no when ask about metal. I now have a new one (that cost less than repairs would have). I also have written and suggested they make every effort to devise a metal one, especially for people like me who uses the system every day. My sugggestion if it no longer works and it is the little gear in the base, pitch it, get a new one. My last one lasted over 5 years and for the amount of use and the cost, well worth the investment. Oh yes, I tried other systems before repurchasing the Black and Decker Food system and sent them back as they fall very short of convienent to use.
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In moderate-to-light use, I've had no problems with the gears. And, since the driving motor is not really powerful, it seems likely that even plastic gears would not be likely to fail.
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Horrible experience. The torque gears of the main shaft are made from low quality cast iron and soon worn out with light use. Three weeks life! It is incomprehensible to me how one can design a very simple blender with such a week part. Is there any malice? Luckily the excellent Amazon's customer service allowed the return with money back. Do not buy that blender.