Post by Big Joe on Nov 7, 2019 22:16:55 GMT -5
Well we wore one smooth out.. Its 8 yrs old so I am not going to gripe and I found out LEM has a pretty decent batch of techs that do answer emails quickly. Any way the horizontal bushing wore out some time back from the looks of it and I dont run that end so it was news to me today when I got that end and it was all wobbly. So tore it apart and found both the horizontal gear and vertical gear (thats what the book calls them) are bad and the bushing was wore thru.. SO get online to see about ordering them.. get an email back with in 3 minutes of my sending mine. Yes they can supply the parts and they will cost this amount.... I didnt pass out but GEEZ so I told them I needed to see if it was cheaper to just buy a new one or order the parts. The man on the other end then offered me a $20 gift card if I was going to buy a new one... So jump on wifes computer and look at Cabelas and nope.. so do the Bass Pro site and sure enough they have 3 in stock at the OKC store. So I get back with the LEM dude and tell him I will just buy the new one because there is one close and with shipping charges it would be close to what they want for the parts plus shipping. So he sends me the card info in an email and I use that to order one with in store pickup and poof I get to pick it up tomorrow sometime, will get a text when its ready for pickup.. And now I have a second tub I can load and have cooling instead of having to repack the same one. So if anyone needs parts for an older LEM 1606 stuffer I have a few - no tub though.. That'll learn me to grind a tub full of meat before checking ALL the tools.. But tomorrow we can act like we know what we are doing once again. This time I am going to open it up and see about the lube on the bushing, shaft and gears. I cant believe we wore this one out but we have stuffed boat loads of sausage and the 1lb meat tubes with it so I should just smile it lasted this long for a non commercial one.. And no I did not get a bigger/better one got the same model just new.. But the powered model did whisper to me but I prevailed...