I've had the juicer for 10years, never had a problem. In December, 2008, I replaced the blade and it now becomes unbalanced when I juice the first item. I run apples, carrots, and beets through it. It is not unbalanced while it is empty, but becomes so when I add a vegetable. It then gets noisy, and begins to move all over the counter top.
Hello, First, make sure the screw on clamp that holds the blade down is centering the blade correctly. Also make sure it tightens down firmly against the blade. Wiggle the blade to ensure it is mounted securely. If this doesn' fix it try your old blade again. If your old blade works you may have a bad, unbalance blade but I would suspect he screw on clamp knob may be somewhat worn and not securing the blade causing it to run "out of round" when a piece of vegetable pushes on it. If everything looks good with both blades and the blade securing knob it could be a worn bearing on the juicer. Try wiggling the motor shaft and see if there is any play in it. I have an ACME 6001 that is quite old so I wouldn't suspect the bearings are going. One other thing, does the bowl take 3 to 5 minutes to stop spinning when you shut off the motor? If it does then the shaft and bearing are probalby ok
Good luck with it...gary
Same problem. Only thing I can think of is
old and duller blade feeds pulp through
slower and more evenly. With new blade
I noticed uneven distribution of pulp around
basket, so have to feed produce very slowly
to keep juicer from flying off the counter.
Just adding to my previous post. Well it's definitely the new blade that is causing the vibration.
I also installed old blade and no vibration problem. I believe the situation with the new blade
is it's shreds too aggressively and due to the higher cutting burrs the gap between the chute
and blade is wider after adjustment. This causes the pulp to feed through too quickly and
unevenly throwing the basket out of balance. My solution was to file the burrs down to lower
the blade profile. Then with the juicer fully assembled unlock the set screw, located on the
center of the bottom, turn it clockwise until the chute contacts the blade and back it off a
half turn. The juicer will shred a little more slowly but at least it won't dance off your counter top.
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I have the same problem. switching back to the old cutter and all becomes normal again!
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