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
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Yes, it has the 6 plastic "teeth" to match the plastic teeth on the rubber clutch on top of blender drive motor shaft. These are used on bottome of jars for the Hamilton Beach line of commercial blenders used in bars and restaurants.
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The picture shown looks a little bit different than the one I bought, but mine is mostly plastic except for the crank,gears, and strainer basket I've been happy with it so far and I've probably used it 10 times now.
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plastic. DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE!! My first one died after just a few smoothies, spent $30 as per Cuisinart to ship it back and they replaced it with another that broke on the 3rd use, for just smoothies again. SERIOUSLY, YOU WILL REGRET BUYING THIS!! I want my money back and Cuisinart only responds with ship it back (postage and handling = $30) and we'll 'look' at this broken one also. The problem is in the motor.
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Not sure about the gearbox but there is a belt off the crankshaft that goes to the gearbox that can be seen when hosing grass cutting from under the housing. I wouldn't think the gears would be plastic, too much torque. The trany acts like a variable speed when using the engaging bar; I like it. In my second year and preforming perfectly.
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Shelia, I tried to get the name of the company that manufactured the blender without any luck. I was given the run around and after calling three different companies I gave up. I lost one of the plastic foot inserts that I wanted to replace. I am sorry that I can't help you, good luck.
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Hi Jennifer,I cannot visually see the gears because they're encased in a gear box. But I cannot imagine them to be made of plastic. I used the tiller on some pretty hard soil, also embedded with rocks. The tiller did fine. In fact, the tiller prongs (made of metal) sustained the heavy tilling without being bent or broken. I'm pretty happy with its overall performance. My only regret is that I didn't buy it sooner. Good luck on your experience.
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is coupling mechanism between blending arm and motor housing made of plastic or steel?
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It is made of plastic...BPA free. I have had about a dozen different personal blenders, and this is, without any doubt, the best one I have had. LOVE IT!
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I believe that the plastic gear housing debacle happened in the mid-2000's (2005-2006). Kitchen-Aid has long ago gone back to the metal gear housing on the Professional 6. The replacement mixer they sent me has metal gear housing. I think if you are buying a new brand new mixer from Amazon you will have the metal gear housing. I think KithchenAid learned their lesson on cheaping out on sturdy parts. The Professional 6 is a great mixer and I have had no problems whatsoever since then and my mixer gets heavy use as I do a lot of bread baking during the winter months and always use my KitchenAid to knead the dough. Good Luck! I believe that the plastic gear housing debacle happened in the mid-2000's (2005-2006). Kitchen-Aid has long ago gone back to the metal gear housing on the Professional 6. The replacement mixer they sent me has metal gear housing. I think if you are buying a new brand new mixer from Amazon you will have the metal gear housing. I think KithchenAid learned their lesson on cheaping out on sturdy parts. The Professional 6 is a great mixer and I have had no problems whatsoever since then and my mixer gets heavy use as I do a lot of bread baking during the winter months and always use my... » Read More I believe that the plastic gear housing debacle happened in the mid-2000's (2005-2006). Kitchen-Aid has long ago gone back to the metal gear housing on the Professional 6. The replacement mixer they sent me has metal gear housing. I think if you are buying a new brand new mixer from Amazon you will have the metal gear housing. I think KithchenAid learned their lesson on cheaping out on sturdy parts. The Professional 6 is a great mixer and I have had no problems whatsoever since then and my mixer gets heavy use as I do a lot of bread baking during the winter months and always use my KitchenAid to knead the dough. Good Luck! « Show Less
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Sounds like the motor burnt out due to the faulty bearing under the blender blades.It will be an on going issue. I agree with M. Sloan.
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Hi Ray, the gears on my machine are made of metal. In fact the entire machine is metal except for the roller on the handle.Hope this helps...Jim
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Mine just did the same thing- It was the drive clutch. Try this: Cuisinart SPB7-20TXN Blender Blade Driver ClutchOr this (depending on your model- I'm not sure if they are the same thing): Cuisinart Genuine Replacement Blender Blade Driver Clutch # SPB-CH
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Funny timing on this question.. had my mower bout 9 months used probably 10 times.. thought gear box had gone south but was just adjustment..was looking at it 15 min ago. so i know the belt from the power shaft drives a gear box but cant confirm if steel or plastic gears.. my guess would be plastic tho as pretty sure gears inside wheels are plastic. But as a side note i do like the mower - plenty of power and lightweight easy to push around trees and such and cuts pretty well.. though if you buy be sure to check that the front axle is correctly positioned and fully locked by tabs near each wheel. mine wasn't but was easy to correct once i saw what was wrong. hope that helps.. Kurt Funny timing on this question.. had my mower bout 9 months used probably 10 times.. thought gear box had gone south but was just adjustment..was looking at it 15 min ago. so i know the belt from the power shaft drives a gear box but cant confirm if steel or plastic gears.. my guess would be plastic tho as pretty sure gears inside wheels are plastic. But as a side note i do like the mower - plenty of power and lightweight easy to push around trees and such and cuts pretty well.. though if you buy be sure to check that the front axle is correctly positioned and fully locked by tabs near each... » Read More Funny timing on this question.. had my mower bout 9 months used probably 10 times.. thought gear box had gone south but was just adjustment..was looking at it 15 min ago. so i know the belt from the power shaft drives a gear box but cant confirm if steel or plastic gears.. my guess would be plastic tho as pretty sure gears inside wheels are plastic. But as a side note i do like the mower - plenty of power and lightweight easy to push around trees and such and cuts pretty well.. though if you buy be sure to check that the front axle is correctly positioned and fully locked by tabs near each wheel. mine wasn't but was easy to correct once i saw what was wrong. hope that helps.. Kurt « Show Less
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They are a hard plastic. Been using for a few months and seem to be pretty decent quality. The blender still rocks!
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Yes, the body is made of stainless steel. The blender's body is made of plastic, with the rod and blades of stainless steel.
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I'm not sure what's in the motor as it's encased in a plastic housing but there are two gears that mesh together to "juice" the food. These two gears are both metal and plastic. The metal gears are what the veggies and fruit come in contact with first. The plastic part of the gears are shaped like a cork screw and push the ground up pulp through the screen. The plastic part seems to be made out of the same material some cutting boards are made out of. They feel very durable. We use our juicer every day to make juice for a 5 person family. We also will run it for long periods of time to juice up 15lb boxes of apples, pomegranates, carrots, what ever is in season. It works great!!!! We are very pleased with it. I'm not sure what's in the motor as it's encased in a plastic housing but there are two gears that mesh together to "juice" the food. These two gears are both metal and plastic. The metal gears are what the veggies and fruit come in contact with first. The plastic part of the gears are shaped like a cork screw and push the ground up pulp through the screen. The plastic part seems to be made out of the same material some cutting boards are made out of. They feel very durable. We use our juicer every day to make juice for a 5 person family. We also will run it for long... » Read More I'm not sure what's in the motor as it's encased in a plastic housing but there are two gears that mesh together to "juice" the food. These two gears are both metal and plastic. The metal gears are what the veggies and fruit come in contact with first. The plastic part of the gears are shaped like a cork screw and push the ground up pulp through the screen. The plastic part seems to be made out of the same material some cutting boards are made out of. They feel very durable. We use our juicer every day to make juice for a 5 person family. We also will run it for long periods of time to juice up 15lb boxes of apples, pomegranates, carrots, what ever is in season. It works great!!!! We are very pleased with it. « Show Less