are the gears made of plastic?
1430837
The motor output connection and shaft are metal and the grinders themselves are plastic or Teflon.
1430838
It appears that they are. I have owned them for a while now and they work great.
1158605
As far as I can tell, it is. Toy is completely made from plastic, no metal at all.
852130
I had the gear box apart. The several gears are either nylon or metal. High speed shaft from motor is metal but the gear that meshes to it is nylon (plastic). This is common with cheaper grinders and not necessarily negative unless you are a commercial operator.
628038
Although servos such as these are commonly plastic geared, these ones are actually metal geared.
338910
No just hard plastic. I upgraded ours to inline skate wheels. Works better and much quieter.
1331879
I think they are. They are made from heavy plastic and work quite well. No problems.
1967648
No they are plastic. They work really well! Pay attention to how the old ones are threaded and just do the same.
1198022
Plastic gears they work fine though. The spaces to adjust are large, so it makes pinning a bit hard. It's worked good for what I've done so far
1470460
Hi Jennifer, I cannot visually see the gears because they're encased in a gear box. But I cannot imagine them to be made of plastic. I used the tiller on some pretty hard soil, also embedded with rocks. The tiller did fine. In fact, the tiller prongs (made of metal) sustained the heavy tilling without being bent or broken. I'm pretty happy with its overall performance. My only regret is that I didn't buy it sooner. Good luck on your experience.
2268365
The gear wheel is a plastic crap that lasted no time..I'm trying to fabricate a metal one on to it..Truly regret wasting my money on it.
449578
Yes, wheel and enclosure are plastic. The power wheel worked poorly for me as the generator seemed to be damaged/bent and didn't run smoothly.
1883890
Hi Ray, the gears on my machine are made of metal. In fact the entire machine is metal except for the roller on the handle.Hope this helps...Jim
631985
They appear to all be stainless steel. The upper part ("plates" that hold the gears and attach to the handles) are kind of shiny for stainless and look like some kind of plated metal- they are shiny like chrome, and very solid. I do not see any evidence of rusting on the gears or anywhere after a few months of use. This device works great.
567040
Be Careful, they sell a model with plastic gears. If you are buying one, make sure the ad says METAL gears.
1464061
The model that I purchased is all metal. I believe some of their models have plastic gears so be careful. Used it all summer and love it. Other brand that I used with plastic gears would not last the season. Perhaps not as pretty as some others but pretty does not water the lawn.
1799971
I suppose it is possible that some were made with plastic gears and some were metal. The one I got when ordered from Amazon has plastic gears. I havent found this to be a problem. No need to force the gears. When the resistance makes it hard to turn, I have found that that is a good indication that the batch is done. If you force it, the gears will probably break...so don't force it.
2036594
No, its plastic. The slide is made of a light metal, the trigger and hammer also. Everything else is plastic.