Is the connection between the blade and blender, metal on metal? My last one was plastic and it ended up getting messed up so it wouldn't blend.
1679423
The connection is metal, then a bushing that seems to be made of neoprene or a similar substance. Next is a stainless washer and then the plastic. I use mine pretty much daily and this is the best and most durable blender I have found. I hope this helps.
1679424
Plastic . Im not thrilled with this blender. When making smoothies with frozen strawberries ... it takes forever because the strawberries wont break up. Donot waste your money.
102925
is coupling mechanism between blending arm and motor housing made of plastic or steel?
377271
It sounds like the same system you describe. I have been using one like it (MM850) for 11 years without anything happening to the plastic. You are right that if the small plastic ridges which wrap around the blade and the metal "spacer" break off there will not be much holding the blade in place. It shouldn't break unless you hit something, in which case the slipping plastic limits damage to the motor and shaft. I take the blade off about every 5 days when I do the lawn to touch up the sharpness and the mounting still is OK on mine. I only hit something (a large rock) hard enough to stop the motor once. It knocked the motor mounting snap ring loose, which made the motor flop around noisily, but the plastic thing just slipped without breaking. Lucky. I think what might be happening to some people is the nut gets loose, allowing the blade to slip over the plastic. Leaving it go until the ridges wear off the plastic makes it is about useless. Since I take my blade off so often, I am also tightening the nut regularly.
1044349
Yes, the body is made of stainless steel. The blender's body is made of plastic, with the rod and blades of stainless steel.
21332
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.
22018
I don't know. What you can do is check to see if it is compatible with your blender.
901581
I've had my blender for over 3 years and it's never leaked, so it much be when you put it back together. Put the jar upside down, then put the rubber gasket, then the blade then screw on the base. Should be fine.
1748011
Looks, sounds like the same jar I ordered a few months ago for my blender. I think the part that screws onto the blade is a standard size. Mine connected just fine.
256892
It scratched mine. I have swirl marks all over the bottom, but I still love the blender.
1036480
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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The blades (both of them) are stainless steel as is the shaft connecting the blades to the underside rotor. All I can see, other than what I described above is plastic.
1661709
No, the metal paddle on the underside of my pitcher was just a rectangular paddle that sits between the notches of the coupler to drive the cutter blades inside the blender
1356980
The base appears to be chrome brushed plastic. The blades are stainless steel. Nice looking blender.
21331
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.
676708
When the blade is removed, the gears visible are plastic. My biggest complaint is "slippage" in the thickness control....when one is slicing, it's natural to press the food item against the plate that sets the thickness, and it responds by moving slightly on each slice - meaning that unless one is paying attention and resets things every few slices, one is faced with thicker and thicker pieces (in my case) of meat for jerky. Not good.
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The model we have has a metal base with fixed blades plus a rubber gasket that prevents leakage when base is screwed into see-through blender unit. Initially we were not able to seat the base due to protruding tabs on the see-through blender unit. Had to take the blender unit to a retail store that sells Bosch. They immediately knew the problem and "ground down" the tabs slightly to fit the metal base. New unit may a solved this problem.
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Well... it's a heavy base and seems to be made of metal. A well made blender...