Mate, can I just say THANK YOU! That was so helpful, especially the tip about placing a towel in the back to hold the axle in place. Thanks for taking the time.
Wow! Thanks Bob. My bottom screw stuck out just enough to tease me but couldn't get a good grip on it. I used a wash cloth to hold the fan at the bottom like you did and it did the trick. I thought it would snap but tried it as a last resort and now I'm in business. Thanks for the tip!
Bob! Thankyou! You just saved me a load of money! I was doing it wrong using a vice grip and screw driver for my first attempt... but the towl technique was the key! Thankyou for your wisdom and problem curiosity! Blessings from the UK!
Same, thank you from Carol in the uk , very helpful the plastic just snapped of leaving me with the screw ? Hope this works. It's a much better way . 😌
Thank you. This gave me the confidence to try a repair but I needed two things: - a ‘gripper’ plyer for stripped screws to grab the pin a regular needle nose wasn’t doing it. - the fan wasn’t gripping so I had to file the end of a larger screwdriver to get a grip on the underside.
Thanks alot man, managed to get it off in minutes thanks to your vid. The plastic gear had actually broken off on mine leaving only the brass piece but a pair of vise grip locking pliers done the job. Can use use my nutribullet again :)
Using a rag to hold the fan whilst you turn the top gear is genius, I'd never of thought of that. Using a flat blade on the screw was hopeless for me, with the rag it came strait off :) Nice! Thank you!
I tried the screw and I only managed to strip it. Then I tried holding the fan like the video and the fan would shift, I feared I was stripping it. As a last ditch effort I used a lighter and warmed up the fan in the center and used pliers to pull the fan off. Once the fan was off I could use pliers on the shaft of the screw and then at the top used vice grips and twist per the video's instructions and that worked. So I got what was left of the base gear off (same as in the video above). I replaced the base gear. The fan is no longer pristine, but I warmed it back up and slid it back over the screw head. Waited for the fan to cool and tested the Nutribullet. I tried everything else, but this worked for me.
Thanks Bob for this video - the technique worked for the nutri-pro as well. Just a little tip if you've got this model - there are just two exposed screws in the base and one under the warning sticker
Took me a while to do this. This video definitely help but I needed to us a Universal Socket Wrench. Tried everything else and nothing worked until this. It is screwed on so tightly and the Universal Socket Wrench once I had a firm grip did it in seconds.
Thank you so much for this video! After spending a half hour trying to unscrew that damn base gear I was ready to give up. This took me 2 seconds and worked like a charm.
Thanks man, that trick with the tea towel worked for me, was trying for over an hour with pliers and a screw driver, tried WD40 and turning, nothing, palms are raw! Watched this vid held the fan with a tea towel and voila!!!!
Mine was jammed on there. Using it twice a day for 4 years, I guess it really tightened up. I had to take the whole base off and put a thin vice grips on the shaft between the motor and fan. I used another vice grips clamped to the gearwheel and it came off. Thanks for the video, esp the reverse thread info.
Thanks for this. The towel worked a little differently for me. The plastic fan sort of stripped off the hub it was on. Which worked well because I could put some pliers over the bottom hub. Needed vice grips on the top hub - which all the plastic had shattered off of. I'd say if it breaks again, it will be 2 years or so and I'll be ready to get a Vitamix or something. I just don't understand why this part is plastic. It should be stainless steel or cast aluminum.
Hey, thanks much for the video, couldn't figure out for the life of me how to hold that prop still easily, towel saved my hand from being chewed up. THANKS.
Hi. I'm in the UK and have a Nutri Ninja BL480 Auto-iQ that I need to dismantle. It's not the same as yours but your technique is helping - I haven't finished yet. As an aside the background radio on your video was driving me nuts! A bit like the same on Pink Floyd's The Wall album. But hey, I think I can forgive you... Cheers
If you clamp a Vise-Grip onto the brass gear to hold it and then use a screwdriver to turn the screwhead in the middle of the fan CLOCKWISE (as you point out), the brass gear will unscrew. I guess it was too tight in this case... otherwise I don't know why the towel maneuver was needed (but good solution). At any rate, +1 for you.
Where do i get a replacement part? I'm not even sure this is the problem, my machine just stopped working, I have kept it meticulously clean for past 6 years. March 2014-20.
I can't get the plastic thing off. Did everything according to the video. Went clockwise to unscrew it, it just spins, even though I'm holding the base of the motor with a towel. I don't think mine will come apart and now I've damaged it further with the plyers. 😰
I tried this, but when holding the fan (bottom) with the towel and turning the top gear with vice grips, it stripped out the fan so it just slipped on the gear. I guess I could take it all the way apart and grab the actual shaft below the gear, but at some point it's a lost cause I guess.
I've tried everything..turned in upside down in boiling water enough to heat the screw..nothing. tried the screwdriver and pliers. Nope..Tried the tea towel, which is better than the screw driver but still won't budge..I've sprayed WD40 on it..nope..Tight as!
I was not able to remove the gear. My nutribullet gear is broken. I can only see the screw and the clear plastic is not there any longer. How do I remove that screw. It is actually harder than it looks.
I cannot understand, mine will not come off, this is so frustrating, I am turning clockwise and everything. I have tried countless time with so much strength to try and budge the cog, its starting to flake the brass off the cog teeth, im ready to give up. I don't get how everyone's is so simple mine is impossible to budge, please any tips!!!!
see, they don't want you to actually fix this. They want you to give up in frustration and blow 100 bucks on a new one. Fuck that. I am going to maybe get a BlendTec blender. Yeah, they are expensive, but they seem way more built to last.
Email me your website please to learn how to fix the UA-cam body property as well. Thanks and Happy Father's Day by next week tomorrow by the first day of summer solstice!
Very helpful, thank you for the information. I don't seem to get the name of your website to buy the replacement, could you please drop the name this comment section.? Bobsstuf.com website is another website.
Mate, can I just say THANK YOU! That was so helpful, especially the tip about placing a towel in the back to hold the axle in place. Thanks for taking the time.
Wow! Thanks Bob. My bottom screw stuck out just enough to tease me but couldn't get a good grip on it. I used a wash cloth to hold the fan at the bottom like you did and it did the trick. I thought it would snap but tried it as a last resort and now I'm in business. Thanks for the tip!
Hey Bob, excellent video. Great content. Had my Nutribullet 7 years before destroying the plastic gear - crushing ice. This was a big help. Thanks!
Bob! Thankyou! You just saved me a load of money! I was doing it wrong using a vice grip and screw driver for my first attempt... but the towl technique was the key! Thankyou for your wisdom and problem curiosity! Blessings from the UK!
Same, thank you from Carol in the uk , very helpful the plastic just snapped of leaving me with the screw ? Hope this works. It's a much better way . 😌
Thank you. This gave me the confidence to try a repair but I needed two things:
- a ‘gripper’ plyer for stripped screws to grab the pin a regular needle nose wasn’t doing it.
- the fan wasn’t gripping so I had to file the end of a larger screwdriver to get a grip on the underside.
Thank you so much for this easy to follow tutorial. Rather than replace as my other half would have done, I fixed for under $10!
Thanks alot man, managed to get it off in minutes thanks to your vid. The plastic gear had actually broken off on mine leaving only the brass piece but a pair of vise grip locking pliers done the job. Can use use my nutribullet again :)
Using a rag to hold the fan whilst you turn the top gear is genius, I'd never of thought of that. Using a flat blade on the screw was hopeless for me, with the rag it came strait off :) Nice! Thank you!
I tried the screw and I only managed to strip it. Then I tried holding the fan like the video and the fan would shift, I feared I was stripping it. As a last ditch effort I used a lighter and warmed up the fan in the center and used pliers to pull the fan off. Once the fan was off I could use pliers on the shaft of the screw and then at the top used vice grips and twist per the video's instructions and that worked. So I got what was left of the base gear off (same as in the video above). I replaced the base gear. The fan is no longer pristine, but I warmed it back up and slid it back over the screw head. Waited for the fan to cool and tested the Nutribullet. I tried everything else, but this worked for me.
Thanks Bob for this video - the technique worked for the nutri-pro as well. Just a little tip if you've got this model - there are just two exposed screws in the base and one under the warning sticker
Thanks so much, Bob! Got the gear off with your help, threw a replacement on, and now I'm good to go again. Cheers from a fellow New Englander!
Took me a while to do this. This video definitely help but I needed to us a Universal Socket Wrench. Tried everything else and nothing worked until this. It is screwed on so tightly and the Universal Socket Wrench once I had a firm grip did it in seconds.
Thank you so much for this video! After spending a half hour trying to unscrew that damn base gear I was ready to give up. This took me 2 seconds and worked like a charm.
Thanks man, that trick with the tea towel worked for me, was trying for over an hour with pliers and a screw driver, tried WD40 and turning, nothing, palms are raw! Watched this vid held the fan with a tea towel and voila!!!!
Mine was jammed on there. Using it twice a day for 4 years, I guess it really tightened up. I had to take the whole base off and put a thin vice grips on the shaft between the motor and fan. I used another vice grips clamped to the gearwheel and it came off. Thanks for the video, esp the reverse thread info.
Thank you. Saved me some time and effort. It’s much appreciated.
Getting the nut off was a struggle, but it worked! Thank you so much for your help and support.
A looot of struggling to remove that bloody piece and your trick of holding it with a dish cloth worked a charm! Thats mate!
Thank you for putting up this video. I've been able to refasten the motor mounts on mine because of your clear video
Thank you for this video my husband was able to fix my Nutri bullet with ease!
Thanks for this. The towel worked a little differently for me. The plastic fan sort of stripped off the hub it was on. Which worked well because I could put some pliers over the bottom hub. Needed vice grips on the top hub - which all the plastic had shattered off of. I'd say if it breaks again, it will be 2 years or so and I'll be ready to get a Vitamix or something. I just don't understand why this part is plastic. It should be stainless steel or cast aluminum.
Thanks for the tea towel trick. I could not budge the screw until I saw this.
Hey, thanks much for the video, couldn't figure out for the life of me how to hold that prop still easily, towel saved my hand from being chewed up. THANKS.
This video was excellent! I was able to fix my Neutra bullet in three minutes. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thanks, your tutorial help me change destroyed Base Gear for new one .. :)
Thanks your suggestion to use the towel worked after spending about an hour with the screwdriver. I was ready to throw it out.
Hi. I'm in the UK and have a Nutri Ninja BL480 Auto-iQ that I need to dismantle. It's not the same as yours but your technique is helping - I haven't finished yet. As an aside the background radio on your video was driving me nuts! A bit like the same on Pink Floyd's The Wall album. But hey, I think I can forgive you... Cheers
Thank you for explaining everything so well!!!!
Thanks for your video. This helped me immensely to clean my machine. 🙂
Thank you so much for explaining. Saved me throwing my Nutri bullet out. Great video. (Found the TV or radio in the background annoying tho 🤣)
Thanks 😊..brilliant video 📹 👏 👌
Thanks mate after your video fixed in less than 3 minutes many thanx
Dude THANK YOU SO MUCH. you helped me out so much
If you clamp a Vise-Grip onto the brass gear to hold it and then use a screwdriver to turn the screwhead in the middle of the fan CLOCKWISE (as you point out), the brass gear will unscrew. I guess it was too tight in this case... otherwise I don't know why the towel maneuver was needed (but good solution). At any rate, +1 for you.
Very helpful. Thanks!
Just fixed mine with this video. Thanks for posting!
Thanks so much, easiest video to follow!
Thank you . save a lot of time.. greatly appreciated so much
Thanks for sharing very much. However, i got a problem with Nutribullet RX, could you share the similar skills to replace RX's base gear.
enyunglin Did you ever fix your problem? If so how?
Great video extremely helpful
Where can i get the gear spare please
Thank you so much . 💓
Thanks! Finally managed to unscrew that little biitch... ;)
Where do i get a replacement part? I'm not even sure this is the problem, my machine just stopped working, I have kept it meticulously clean for past 6 years. March 2014-20.
amazon
Thanks so much, I was about to buy a gear puller
I can't get the plastic thing off. Did everything according to the video. Went clockwise to unscrew it, it just spins, even though I'm holding the base of the motor with a towel. I don't think mine will come apart and now I've damaged it further with the plyers. 😰
I tried this, but when holding the fan (bottom) with the towel and turning the top gear with vice grips, it stripped out the fan so it just slipped on the gear. I guess I could take it all the way apart and grab the actual shaft below the gear, but at some point it's a lost cause I guess.
Thanks brother!
Had to take off the fan and use locking plyers on both ends which eventually worked! The slot for the screwdriver is useless.
Thank you Bob
Very helpful Thank you!
I've tried everything..turned in upside down in boiling water enough to heat the screw..nothing. tried the screwdriver and pliers. Nope..Tried the tea towel, which is better than the screw driver but still won't budge..I've sprayed WD40 on it..nope..Tight as!
In my case, the gear in the base is broken and the center piece of the gear is stuck in the base. How can I take it out?
I was not able to remove the gear. My nutribullet gear is broken. I can only see the screw and the clear plastic is not there any longer. How do I remove that screw. It is actually harder than it looks.
I cannot understand, mine will not come off, this is so frustrating, I am turning clockwise and everything. I have tried countless time with so much strength to try and budge the cog, its starting to flake the brass off the cog teeth, im ready to give up. I don't get how everyone's is so simple mine is impossible to budge, please any tips!!!!
The plastic broke off of mine and I’m having a lot of trouble getting it off😰
How do l refix the base gear properly?
Thanks mate 🙏👍
Thanks man
I cannot get the middle screw out of the base.
thanks for this!!!
Thanks, but background noise makes it difficult to hear
#RobertDomingue, thnx mate for this information video. Greatly appreciated! Where can I order the replacements for this please?
eBay
Very nice - thanks - please turn TV off next time - very distracting - otherwise super video - thanks!
Thank you
Thanks!
the fan spins around the screw for me
The plastic piece in my NutriBullet broke, I took it away but now I cannot take the metal nut. Any suggestion please?
I've the same issue.
I cleared it. Hit the thing with a hammer and chisel being careful not to damage the spindle. Teased off the nut with a pair of pliers. Job done.
see, they don't want you to actually fix this. They want you to give up in frustration and blow 100 bucks on a new one.
Fuck that. I am going to maybe get a BlendTec blender. Yeah, they are expensive, but they seem way more built to last.
Properly
useful advice for which many thanks. But please could you not just turn off that annoying background TV noise, make this very amateurish!!
Email me your website please to learn how to fix the UA-cam body property as well. Thanks and Happy Father's Day by next week tomorrow by the first day of summer solstice!
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Very helpful, thank you for the information. I don't seem to get the name of your website to buy the replacement, could you please drop the name this comment section.? Bobsstuf.com website is another website.
Great instructions but the background is killing the video.
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