I had to get the rubber-coated blade driver off the motor shaft of a Waring 51BL16 blender (That driver is part number 014009.) It is threaded onto the shaft, with an ordinary right-hand thread. (You can verify the handedness of the thread on any other model by briefly powering on the unit and noting which direction the blade turns. If it turns counter-clockwise, it has a RH thread.) (I notice that this driver part number fits a lot of Waring models, so these comments probably apply to them too. Clamp a large pair of Vise-Grips onto the OD of the driver, then turn the unit on its side. The bottom end of the motor shaft, with a crosswise screwdriver slot, is visible in the center of the base. Using the largest flat-blade screwdriver you have that will clear the sheet-metal shroud around the shaft, and holding the Vise-Grips, turn the lower end of the motor shaft counter-clockwise to remove the driver. ALERT: this last part was easier said than done. It took a LOT of torque to get it loose. It acted like a thread-locking compound was used at assembly. Get another person to help if you can. I didn't, but still got it done by shoving the unit up against the wall behind my bench so I could get both hands on the screwdriver. To repeat: use the biggest screwdriver you can, and plan the effort carefully: if you ****** up the slot in the shaft YOU will be screwed.
Worked like a chwith arm! I used a ratchet with a flat blade screwdriver attachment on the slot on the base. I wedged a flat metal bar through the coupler wings to keep it from turning and held the bar steady with my left hand while carefully using the ratched with my right. The screw slot turned slowly and I felt a lot of resistance until the coupler was about half way off. It may be a "self locking" thread. Just take it slow and as noted ablve, do not damage the screw slot.Worked like a chwith arm! I used a ratchet with a flat blade screwdriver attachment on the slot on the base. I wedged a flat metal bar through the coupler wings to keep it from turning and held the bar steady with my left hand while carefully using the ratched with my right. The screw slot turned slowly and I felt a lot of resistance until the coupler was about half way off. It may be a "self locking" thread. Just take it slow and as noted ablve, do not damage the screw slot.
A $6 part to fix an $80 blender, such an easy fix....thank you for great instructions.A $6 part to fix an $80 blender, such an easy fix....thank you for great instructions.
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How do you change the coupler on a waring extreme blender
I had to get the rubber-coated blade driver off the motor shaft of a Waring 51BL16 blender (That driver is part number 014009.) It is threaded onto the shaft, with an ordinary right-hand thread. (You can verify the handedness of the thread on any other model by briefly powering on the unit and noting which direction the blade turns. If it turns counter-clockwise, it has a RH thread.) (I notice that this driver part number fits a lot of Waring models, so these comments probably apply to them too.
Clamp a large pair of Vise-Grips onto the OD of the driver, then turn the unit on its side. The bottom end of the motor shaft, with a crosswise screwdriver slot, is visible in the center of the base. Using the largest flat-blade screwdriver you have that will clear the sheet-metal shroud around the shaft, and holding the Vise-Grips, turn the lower end of the motor shaft counter-clockwise to remove the driver.
ALERT: this last part was easier said than done. It took a LOT of torque to get it loose. It acted like a thread-locking compound was used at assembly. Get another person to help if you can. I didn't, but still got it done by shoving the unit up against the wall behind my bench so I could get both hands on the screwdriver. To repeat: use the biggest screwdriver you can, and plan the effort carefully: if you ****** up the slot in the shaft YOU will be screwed.
Worked like a chwith arm! I used a ratchet with a flat blade screwdriver attachment on the slot on the base. I wedged a flat metal bar through the coupler wings to keep it from turning and held the bar steady with my left hand while carefully using the ratched with my right. The screw slot turned slowly and I felt a lot of resistance until the coupler was about half way off. It may be a "self locking" thread. Just take it slow and as noted ablve, do not damage the screw slot.
A $6 part to fix an $80 blender, such an easy fix....thank you for great instructions.