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by blueblob 1274 days ago
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.
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JKCalhoun 1274 days ago
Yeah, this was a time when Amazon was in its infancy. :-(
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