We moved yet again and this time, during the move my dear and near (read that as "My hubby's dear & near") wet grinder was damaged. It came as a shock to both of us, in spite of having a 100 thousand Indian cuisine restaurants. Needless to say, we cried over it for a week. Though I cried over it just for the sake of it in his presence, I knew in my mind that I am gonna do something about it. Either fix it by myself or get it fixed at a bargain-able price.
I browsed the internet for a day to how to go about it and found NOTHING really helpful other than a few no volume videos running screen shots of the grinder (pathetic advertisements) . Also found a few ladies crying their heart out about their own machines/appliances being out of order and also about how expensive the fix is if you ask for a service from an Indian store. I was lucky enough to have come across an approximate price of a new wet grinder ( the one for 110V).
It certainly is expensive than what we pay for in our country. In fact it's twice the amount. A new one was affordable but I having worked a bit in hardware side, did not want to throw away without exploring it. I decided to open it up and fix it if possible.
One principal in life that comes into picture is "If you have failed/lost once, then there is nothing to fear about. So success is certainly on your way". The same applies here. The appliance is already dead. I had nothing to fear about breaking it down.
Here is what I did. This might help at least 1 person. You need a tool box - or just a screw driver. The IKEA tool box screw driver did not work for me 'cause the screws were etched deep. I used one arm of a strong pair of scissors.
I opened the bottom cover of the grinder. The electrical wires will hold on to the plastic cover and will not let you open it up completely. So you have to peep through a 2 inch gap and just put your fingers through to adjust/operate inside. First of all check for the alignment of the belt. This is the usual problem. My appliance was operating (the motor was operating well) but stopped turning the table or the actual grinder. All I did was to re arrange the belt on the 2 wheels and just pushed the belt to take a trip or two on both the wheels without flipping on either side. I kept the appliance open and carefully switched on the power to check if it worked - It DID NOT work. I was frustrated. Then i went on to shake the appliance to get rid of all the plastic chunks that broke from the bottom cover and got accumulated inside. I screwed the nails back and covered it upright. Plugged in to see if something had really changed and things worked. It DID NOT.
I was so angry on myself for having wasted 1 hour over it and kicked the grinder when the power was still on. Guess what - no marks for guessing it right - It WORKED. Hurray! So it wasn't just my hard work, it was luck too.
I am sorry I don't have a picture or video to demonstrate but I am sure the write up will at at least save some wet grinders from being tossed wrongly in to the bins.
Hope this helps,
Tc.
I browsed the internet for a day to how to go about it and found NOTHING really helpful other than a few no volume videos running screen shots of the grinder (pathetic advertisements) . Also found a few ladies crying their heart out about their own machines/appliances being out of order and also about how expensive the fix is if you ask for a service from an Indian store. I was lucky enough to have come across an approximate price of a new wet grinder ( the one for 110V).
It certainly is expensive than what we pay for in our country. In fact it's twice the amount. A new one was affordable but I having worked a bit in hardware side, did not want to throw away without exploring it. I decided to open it up and fix it if possible.
One principal in life that comes into picture is "If you have failed/lost once, then there is nothing to fear about. So success is certainly on your way". The same applies here. The appliance is already dead. I had nothing to fear about breaking it down.
Here is what I did. This might help at least 1 person. You need a tool box - or just a screw driver. The IKEA tool box screw driver did not work for me 'cause the screws were etched deep. I used one arm of a strong pair of scissors.
I opened the bottom cover of the grinder. The electrical wires will hold on to the plastic cover and will not let you open it up completely. So you have to peep through a 2 inch gap and just put your fingers through to adjust/operate inside. First of all check for the alignment of the belt. This is the usual problem. My appliance was operating (the motor was operating well) but stopped turning the table or the actual grinder. All I did was to re arrange the belt on the 2 wheels and just pushed the belt to take a trip or two on both the wheels without flipping on either side. I kept the appliance open and carefully switched on the power to check if it worked - It DID NOT work. I was frustrated. Then i went on to shake the appliance to get rid of all the plastic chunks that broke from the bottom cover and got accumulated inside. I screwed the nails back and covered it upright. Plugged in to see if something had really changed and things worked. It DID NOT.
I was so angry on myself for having wasted 1 hour over it and kicked the grinder when the power was still on. Guess what - no marks for guessing it right - It WORKED. Hurray! So it wasn't just my hard work, it was luck too.
I am sorry I don't have a picture or video to demonstrate but I am sure the write up will at at least save some wet grinders from being tossed wrongly in to the bins.
Hope this helps,
Tc.
