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		blueblob on Dec 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: O Holy Crap I had the same gear fail. It's called a worm gear and is, indeed, intended to fail before damaging the other gears. They're much cheaper if you buy a non-oem part. I bought one from amazon for ~10 USD.

JKCalhoun on Dec 22, 2022 [–]

Yeah, this was a time when Amazon was in its infancy. :-(

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