<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Problem:</span>
My blender had my Fall Nightcap of Ice Cream, Caramel Syrup, Angry Orchard's Cinnful Apple Hard Cider, Pumpkin Licquer and a raw egg...
The base made a noise, but the blade inside the glass did not turn... I could not move the mixture to my other blender glass which was still dirty and inside the dishwasher, so resigned myself to drinking it unmixed, after briefly stirring w/ a big spoon...
But with the glass off of the base, the motor did turn--and I even tried to see if I could set the glass on it while it was turning--finding myself unsuccessful!
Looked for a new blender from the store that I work at, to Bed, Bath & Beyond, promising myself a shopping-visit to Ace Hardware and our last local K Mart, as well as Target, and Kohls--where I believe I bought my blender at...
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Solution:</span>
The glass in the dishwasher after being joined by the glass I was using, got cleaned, after there was, a day later--hours later, actually--a full load of dishes...
So with the other glass on its base w/ its blade, the blender worked--and actually making me another milkshake--this time a Chocolate Shake for me & my daughter...
I bought a kit of parts for my blender to replace a cap that got chewed in the blender (Cap, Blade, Base, Lid, Cap & Gasket from Amazon) & later bought a jar w/ a lid, blade & a cap as well as a gasket & base, at a Salvation Store... So with three blade-shafts, actually found myself with a still-two... Two that spun, empty & full; one, which even empty that did not-just had the 'Grrrrr!' of the blender's motor...
Don't know which one I discarded--one of the replacements, or perhaps the original... But I tested all three to find there was one I needed to have weeded out...
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">What Might Have Caused the Part's Failure and What Might Contribute to Longevity and a Future Long-Lasting Life-Span:</span>
I tend to lift the glass off the base after shutting off the motor, so perhaps the shaft on there grinds the one underneath the blade...
I have pictures to show a shaft w/ a tooth or two bent or missing from the small gear, and one of the two still-working ones I had volunteer:
(The blade shaft not in a blender jar's base is the worn one; the good blade shaft is shown in the base of a blender jar...)
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">A Moral:</span>
Don't take the blender jar off the base during even the motor winding down--fun as it to me may have been... It, as I suspected I'd found might promote wear 'n' tear... But the important thing, and this I was anxiously getting to:
(Another paragraph) The blenders I saw in both the Wal Mart that I work at, as well as the Bed, Bath & Beyond were no where near as good as my old, red Oster! No, no!--They range from cheaper Hamilton Beach's & Black & Deckers, to Osters that get pricey, offering no more than a glass jar--and a round one, as opposed to the long-familiar Oster square which mine has, so yet I can't even transfer it to the new unit (well, maybe I can--the base is still round, but I doubted every bit of it), and then going to the expensive (and notoriously not-as-good-as-advertised & promoted via. demonstration programs, as paying three-digit-steep pricing) Ninjas... While Bed, Bath & Beyond had yet even more expensive propositions, ranging from more than $300 to almost $600 for something you'd sooner see at your local Baskin Robbin w/ a still-plastic jar...
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Your Insights & Experiences:</span>
What have you encountered, that was similar, in any appliance breakdown or something that called for your own trouble-shooting, that at minimal or no-cost saved you BIG $$$ on an other-wise expensive repair or repair-S????
(And the unmixed mixture wasn't too bad--even drinking the raw egg that solidified itself... Rocky Balboa barfed--not me! LOL!)
-- Dave
[this post was last edited: 10/4/2015-22:52]
My blender had my Fall Nightcap of Ice Cream, Caramel Syrup, Angry Orchard's Cinnful Apple Hard Cider, Pumpkin Licquer and a raw egg...
The base made a noise, but the blade inside the glass did not turn... I could not move the mixture to my other blender glass which was still dirty and inside the dishwasher, so resigned myself to drinking it unmixed, after briefly stirring w/ a big spoon...
But with the glass off of the base, the motor did turn--and I even tried to see if I could set the glass on it while it was turning--finding myself unsuccessful!
Looked for a new blender from the store that I work at, to Bed, Bath & Beyond, promising myself a shopping-visit to Ace Hardware and our last local K Mart, as well as Target, and Kohls--where I believe I bought my blender at...
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Solution:</span>
The glass in the dishwasher after being joined by the glass I was using, got cleaned, after there was, a day later--hours later, actually--a full load of dishes...
So with the other glass on its base w/ its blade, the blender worked--and actually making me another milkshake--this time a Chocolate Shake for me & my daughter...
I bought a kit of parts for my blender to replace a cap that got chewed in the blender (Cap, Blade, Base, Lid, Cap & Gasket from Amazon) & later bought a jar w/ a lid, blade & a cap as well as a gasket & base, at a Salvation Store... So with three blade-shafts, actually found myself with a still-two... Two that spun, empty & full; one, which even empty that did not-just had the 'Grrrrr!' of the blender's motor...
Don't know which one I discarded--one of the replacements, or perhaps the original... But I tested all three to find there was one I needed to have weeded out...
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">What Might Have Caused the Part's Failure and What Might Contribute to Longevity and a Future Long-Lasting Life-Span:</span>
I tend to lift the glass off the base after shutting off the motor, so perhaps the shaft on there grinds the one underneath the blade...
I have pictures to show a shaft w/ a tooth or two bent or missing from the small gear, and one of the two still-working ones I had volunteer:
(The blade shaft not in a blender jar's base is the worn one; the good blade shaft is shown in the base of a blender jar...)
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">A Moral:</span>
Don't take the blender jar off the base during even the motor winding down--fun as it to me may have been... It, as I suspected I'd found might promote wear 'n' tear... But the important thing, and this I was anxiously getting to:
(Another paragraph) The blenders I saw in both the Wal Mart that I work at, as well as the Bed, Bath & Beyond were no where near as good as my old, red Oster! No, no!--They range from cheaper Hamilton Beach's & Black & Deckers, to Osters that get pricey, offering no more than a glass jar--and a round one, as opposed to the long-familiar Oster square which mine has, so yet I can't even transfer it to the new unit (well, maybe I can--the base is still round, but I doubted every bit of it), and then going to the expensive (and notoriously not-as-good-as-advertised & promoted via. demonstration programs, as paying three-digit-steep pricing) Ninjas... While Bed, Bath & Beyond had yet even more expensive propositions, ranging from more than $300 to almost $600 for something you'd sooner see at your local Baskin Robbin w/ a still-plastic jar...
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Your Insights & Experiences:</span>
What have you encountered, that was similar, in any appliance breakdown or something that called for your own trouble-shooting, that at minimal or no-cost saved you BIG $$$ on an other-wise expensive repair or repair-S????
(And the unmixed mixture wasn't too bad--even drinking the raw egg that solidified itself... Rocky Balboa barfed--not me! LOL!)
-- Dave
[this post was last edited: 10/4/2015-22:52]
