Waring 028538 Drive Coupling for Xtreme Series , black

First - this part worked perfectly, my (expensive) blender is now working great again. Second, as others have said, this was a major pain to replace. Here's how I did it: Note the coupling actually has two metal parts encased in a hard rubber/plastic. The metal toothed part that engages the pitcher is separate from the metal bushing that threads onto the motor. Mine was slipping around the bushing that threads onto the motor, so there was no way to easily remove the old part.1. Cut 4 cuts with a hacksaw through the upper rubber part, next to the metal part that engages the pitcher.2. Break all of the rubber/plastic apart, leaving only the metal bushing threaded onto the motor. There is now no way to easily get to the metal bushing.3. Disassemble the whole blender. Remove the feet, the blender bottom case, a plastic insert, pull the circuit board out of the plastic insert. Disconnect the black and blue wires from the motor to the circuit board (mark on the board which one goes where). Then the motor can be removed.4. Remove the top metal plate from the motor.5. Now you can put vise grips on the busing, and (carefully) hold the fan on the other end of the motor to remove the bushing. It comes off counter-clockwise, like a regular bolt. 6. Put the whole thing back together. I used anti-seize on the motor threads before installing the new coupling, then sealed the top with a dab of silicone so liquids don't get down in the threads.

Drives are excellent quality. Unfortunately due to the terrible engineering by waring they are next to impossible to remove like they planned. I've had to dremel every one away in order to remove it. What kind of novice engineer designs a shallow straight slot to hold the motor shaft to remove a heavily torqued on drive?

completely useless as the Mfr designed their blender in such way that it is simply not repairable. even my engineer husband (with his entire power tool collection) could not get the worn out old coupling off the motor, hence now instead of an supposedly easy $40 replacement, I have to go and buy another brand new commercial blender that will cost me hundreds of $$$$. rest assured, it would be over my dead body to buy another warring product (and they claim all of their products are made in Torrington CT?!!! geeze, I think a chinese made POS would have been better) product design like this is just another epitome example what is wrong with our society today .... all the excess and unnecessary waste ... that entire perfectly fine blender (with one small worn out part) now is going to landfill.

Fits fine. Do the job.

product was as described and delivered on date stated

Fast shipping, accurate description, OEM part.

Exactly what was needed

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