Has anyone else had issues with plastic gears or a plastic body desguised as metal, as addressed in two previous reviews?
389201
My juicer is not even a year old and it is making awful noise and sounds like the plastic gears are going out. It worked just great at first. Now it stops if you try to juice a lemon. Expensive machine, does not hold up. We are always careful to limit how much we juice in a day (have grapefruit and orange trees) so it has never been overheated. Problems started after a total of about 8 gallons of juice.
389202
for home use not bad, I have my own grapefruit trees and I burnt out the gears when doing a bushel of late in the season fruit. Fruit needs to be ripe and juicey. If the fruit is too firm or dry the gears will not last with any heavy pressure pushing on the fruit. Just doing a coupe of glasses each day or a quart the machine is OK.
883236
It is chain driven (not belt), so I believe it has metal gears. We were told by a technician that this was one of the best available for an inexpensive price.
1470464
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.
1170181
Sorry for the long response time, I just looked at it and it seems to be the same "metal" as the old one. I ordered this for my daughter before xmas but managed to find a loose screw in the HDD when I opened it up. It's still working right now so the parts I ordered are kinda just in "limbo" for now. I will update how the install went once I do it. Hope this helps!
2123400
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
2056379
Yes, I experienced that, too. It's terrible. My husband is a mechanical whiz (designs gears for a living) and he worked on it, trying to get it to run smoothly. It was hopeless. He said that the gears did not mesh--they were just made wrong--and they would never run smoothly. They actually grind upon each other and produce metal shavings because it's made so poorly. Sorry. I gave mine to the Goodwill.
1740107
Yes, I have a step. It's a different model number. I think there may be a problem with the gears to.
64428
You can buy metal gears separately for $10. We had one with the regular hard (plastic?)gears they come with, lasted a few years
666724
Now that's a good one..I went and looked..the housing (for the gears) is plazdic..and (without taking it apart) I suspect the gears are too..Mjr
1922172
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.
1364699
I'm afraid I can't answer that since I purchased the metal one, not plastic.
530841
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.
2266679
The auger screw is stainless, the blade is stainless and the round disc that the meat goes thru at the end is metal (not sure what material). I don't see any plastic gears at all. I have now ground about 15 batchs of chicken legs (for dog food) and it is absolutely wonderful. One time I didn't screw the ring that holds the blade and plate in tight enough, and I thought for a minute the machine was not good, but it was operator error. I screwed that piece on tight and it was great. I truly love this machine. Good luck.
1186454
Mine isnt installed yet, was waiting until i had all electrical components i want to add to bike before i did wiring, im doing LED's speaker system, this, trickle charge, GPS, and a few other changes and want to do all wiring at same time for a better job, plastic at its best is only plastic, id contact manufacturing see if they offer replacements, its something ill watch for as well, sorry i coudnt help
1816756
My gears (metal) are fine after a couple dozen uses since November 2012. Just a few spots of rust, perhaps because I wash it in the dishwasher, against manufacturer's instructions. By "wore out" do you mean the gear teeth broke or merely that the gears fell off? Be sure to only turn the crank clockwise. If you turn it the wrong way the gears will unscrew and fall off, but you can screw them back on again. That's not the same as being worn out.
2153158
Wondering the same thing? Does it still have the cheap plastic gear that breaks or has it been updated?
1470459
As a previous owner replied to you, the gears are encased in a housing and aren't visible. However, I very much doubt they're plastic. You say your ground is hard welcome to the club. So's mine. It got the job done in hard NC clay. Better than I expected for an inexpensive electric Tiller. Hope this helps.