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.

the fan spins around the screw for me

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.

Thanks brother!

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!

Very helpful. Thanks!

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!!!!

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!

Thank you so much . 💓

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

Thanks, your tutorial help me change destroyed Base Gear for new one .. :)

Dude THANK YOU SO MUCH. you helped me out so much

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.

Hey Bob, excellent video. Great content. Had my Nutribullet 7 years before destroying the plastic gear - crushing ice. This was a big help. Thanks!

Properly

Email me your website please to learn how to fix the RU-vid body property as well. Thanks and Happy Father's Day by next week tomorrow by the first day of summer solstice!

How do l refix the base gear properly?

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.

Thanks, but background noise makes it difficult to hear

I cannot get the middle screw out of the base.

Thanks man

Thank you for explaining everything so well!!!!

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!!!!

Mp3

Thanks!

Thanks mate 🙏👍

Great instructions but the background is killing the video.

Thanks 😊..brilliant video 📹 👏 👌

Thank you for putting up this video. I've been able to refasten the motor mounts on mine because of your clear video

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 Bob

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!

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!

Thank you . save a lot of time.. greatly appreciated 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.

Great video extremely helpful

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.

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.

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 🤣)

useful advice for which many thanks. But please could you not just turn off that annoying background TV noise, make this very amateurish!!

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.

Thank you

Getting the nut off was a struggle, but it worked! Thank you so much for your help and support.

Thank you. Saved me some time and effort. It’s much appreciated.

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.

tx

Where can i get the gear spare please

Thanks for your video. This helped me immensely to clean my machine. 🙂

Very nice - thanks - please turn TV off next time - very distracting - otherwise super video - thanks!

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. 😰