Shredder

Is this an expensive shredder?

I don't know. I didn't ask her what she paid for it. I really don't like the idea of the nylon gears. They would be prone to early wear and destruction. There are only two of them in the gear train, but the two work together at the motor, then the all-metal ones go on from there. If I could find a kit to replace the two with metal ones, it would be fine with me.

I looked it up, it's a cross cut shredder, medium duty, separate slot for credit cards. You've already been unsuccessful getting the exact plastic replacement gears. Finding metal gears would be in my experience a stroke of luck. I think at this point replacing the entire shredder is a better option. That model can't cost over $50.00. Also a talk to your daughter on how to avoid future gear stripping. Usually caused by trying to shred too many sheets at once and getting them stuck then trying to rock them back and forth to get them unstuck.

Good luck.

What happened was she put a credit card in the slot that had a metal strip on it. A plain plastic card would have gone through OK, but the metal strip put a stop to any more shredding.

indago ha escrito:

Two years back i junked a shredder with stripped gears. theres just no support or after sales tech help for this sort of consumer item

on a related note i recently repaired another shedder which was jammed up and not running. Reason was bits of cd jamming the mechanism. As it was twisted up it also took out the plastic paper prsence sensor arm, so the machine only tried to run in manual mode.

In my opinion, even if the machine claims to have a facility for shredding semi-rigid plastic like cards and cd's , its still risky. That experience showed me how much damage those bits can cause. Fortunately in my case no gears were stipped.but it only takes a shred of cd to get into the gear train and that's the shredder fit for the tip.

-b