Fixing a beloved broken blender

[moderncleveland]

After several years of happiness my favorite blender, the "daily driver," is out of commission. It's definitely been through a lot. The carafe had gotten a chip here and there around the lip, and once when I plugged it in with the lid inside the carafe it was accidentally on "low," so it has its battle scars, but it matches the rest of my vintage GE kitchen and I've come to like it. And the last straw happened the other day: the gears were stripped!

I think the only answer to fixing it is to find another glass carafe that will fit it. Is there any other "fix" for a stripped gear on a blender?

And does anyone know where I might even find such a part, outside of eBay and Goodwill? It's General Electric cat. no. 12BL-2.

 

[norgeway]

These..

Are plentiful, keep watching ebay and you will find another, they are good blenders!

 

[petek]

Ebays your best bet. Those are nice little blenders.. just make sure if you do get one to get the glass jar and not the plastic one.

You know I've never opened mine up to see what's inside.. but I've always assumed that those low profile GE blenders have a belt drive.. Maybe it just needs a new belt?

 

[112561]

Here's mine

It's avocado, and apparently a newer, less trim line type. I would love to find one like yours.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Yes, they are belt drive machines.

 

[mixfinder]

Ebay

I just sold one I had on ebay for S15.50.  The square drive on the motor is what usually shears making it a near impossible repair.

 

[rp2813]

I love the low profile of those GE's.  I'm going to have to keep an eye out for one.  It appears the avocado one pictured doesn't offer a pulse option like the earlier models.

 

[112561]

From 1965

The General Electric blender is just for you! Only ten and a half inches high!
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[rp2813]

Well, after seeing the advert, now I really want one!

 

[moderncleveland]

That commercial makes me love my blender even more!

Neat!

 

[112561]

I think the judicious nitpickers at YouTube yanked it once, but I found a couple of copies of it last night. Our petek has one posted of his personal blender.