The blade is wobbling on my Fleetwood meat slicer EF12 Slices look like waves.

All you have to do is work out the way the shaft normally turns. It you had a spanner on the nut, would the rotation of the blade tighten the nut down? The answer then it to turn the nut the other way.

You can try both ways, you aren't going to hurt it.

If the need is for a Rival 1030Vx series slicer, contact [email protected] for the threaded shaft and other parts, some new, some recycled. Available as of 8/17/17, several recycled threaded shafts in stock.

Sounds like the shaft bearing has gone bad. If you can access or dismantle the blade shaft from the motor housing, (NOTE: unit must be unplugged first, ie NOT connected to any power supply) you can try to lubricate the shaft/bearing with a silicone grease. Odds are this will not solve your problem for long.
If it is an expensive unit, and you do not want to discard your investment, try finding a kitchen appliance repair centre for a more permanent solution.

check links below,it may not be your model, should be close.
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PS77711 Meat Food Deli Slicer Blade Removal

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Rheninghaus Meat Slicer Safe Blade Removal Demonstration

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The Magic Hostess slicers are the same as Rival 1101 series slicers. What you probably are missing is a friction reducing washer that mounts between the blade and blade head (housing). I offer reproductions of this part, photo attached; these reproduction washers are a different color but functionally equivalent to original. If interested, contact me at [email protected]

The photo I uploaded doesn't show up for some reason. To see photo of blade washer and usage, see https://flic.kr/s/aHsjuXYKep

This can be due to the motor bearings/bushes that have worn out and is slightly having the gap within,
When the load comes on the motor must be firmly moving on the main shaft without a fraction of a gap.
To confirm use some light oil into the motor shaft where the bearing/bushes are and try out. If so you might have replace them to fit well , get help from a machine tool shop.
If the mtor seems perfectly alright then the mechanism of the cutting blades, the moving parts here- one of them - can be the suspect. Take carre to check when the power is on.

I'm not certain this is the same model I'm thinking of, but I think there may be a knob on the back side (behind the blade) which clamps down on a shaft coming off the blade guard. Loosen the know and the guard should pull straight off. Maybe I'm thinking of a different model slicer, but the photo looks correct.

Fiber gear on blade hub stripped. deep socket required to remove hub. DON'T CUT YOURSELF!! remove motor, used food safe solvent to clean grease out of housing. Fiber gear held on with snap ring. Replace gear, repack housing, put hub and motor back and start slicing. Routinely check to make sure gear is lubed.

Hi, I have working on meat slicer my whole life and can help you.

What normally happens is this. The bearings in the knife hub (this is the unit that the knife attaches to and spins) is starting to fail.

The gear on the knife hub is made out of a fiberous material and the worm gear on the motor is made out of metal, so when the bearings start to fail and cause resitance in the hub, the metal motor gear starts to eat the fiber gear on the hub and eventually wears a big chuck out of it. Then the motor spins free and doesn't make contact with the hub gear.

How you can check if this is the problem is this. You need to keep the power switch on machine in the off position and turn the blade a 1/4 of a revolution. Then turn the machine on, what should happen is that the blade will spin some and stop again.

The proper fix for the machine would be to rebuilt the knife bearing unit and replace the hub gear, motor gear and hardware.

In regards to the Chefmate. This is a design flaw of Globe and I told them about this when the machine first came out! The know is on a steel shaft that goes thru the aluminum body. The steel shaft starts to corode and also rust, then it freeze in the frame. What has to be done is this. This assembly needs to taken about sanded, lubed and put back together. The best way to permently fix this is have a machine shop machine the frame out and install a Oilite Bushing, these are impregnated with oil and it will never lock up again.

Where are you located? Let me know if I can answer any other questions for you.

If you have any other questions, you can call me on my cell 201-274-6274 or e-mail me at [email protected]. Thank you

Best regards,

Scott