Frienda 3 Pieces Blender Blade Replacement Assembly Compatible with Vita-mix 5200 1151 1152 Accessories Wet Dry Ice Blade Assembly with Socket Wrench Drive Socket Kit Replacement Parts

Works great and fits perfectly well on my blender. Seems durable and its made of stainless steel.

This replacement blade assembly has the exact same dimensions and weight as my original 5200 Vitamix. It fits perfectly. Just an FYI that it's not necessary to get a special tool to remove the black rubber-like retaining "nut." If you can't get it lose by turning counterclockwise with your hand, then use a thick kitchen utensil to turn it as shown in the pics. The leverage created from the black knife handle contacting each side of the rubber nut is what will open it. The knife handle that I'm using puts no pressure on the silver spindle at all, even though it looks a little bit like it does in the pics. Good luck

Good material

It works perfectly, but only lasts a year of daily use. I bought another one from China. It was cheap the year before it lasted a single year. My original blade from Vitamix lasted 10 years. Yet, do I want to spend $75 on a blade when I could just spend 10 or $15 now and keep kicking the can down the road? I guess so. I just wish it wasn’t so hard to rip the thing apart and put a good bearing in there. That’s the problem. The grease heats up leaks out of the bearing and then eventually it seizes.

This part is very good. Recommend it

You could have this problem with any assembly you buy. Read on to learn how I fixed it. I have a Vitamix 5200. The first assembly I received had a spindle that was misaligned with the shaft and caused the whole Vitamix (with carafe on) to shake violently. The misalignment was not visible just watching the spindle spin, but it could be felt at low speed with my thumbnail on the rim of the spindle. Because the Vitamix spins really fast and with powerful force, it practically walked itself off the counter with the carafe on, (except I stopped it). This happened with our original dry container also. So the cause had to be the spindle. The first assembly I received did not work. I returned it and gave a one-star review. Read on to see how to fix this problem. Apparently, the first assembly a was manufacturing defect. Running only with the spindle, you would not know the problem – unless you felt the spinning spindle with your thumbnail and felt the wobble directly. I tried replacing the spindle again several times, with no improvement. It was sad to see such bad tolerances on a part that must spin at high speed. Or possibly, it's a problem with the Vitamix design itself. I returned the original assembly and left a review here about the bad experience. Fortunately, the seller saw the bad review and reached out to me. They replaced the assembly and asked that I try again. I did. When I first attached the second spindle I had the same problem as before, but not as severe. The spindle rotated off center, which was easily felt with the thumbnail at low speed. You could not see it visually, but it was easily felt. I spent about an hour experimenting by repeatedly reattaching the spindle. If you have such problems, you might want to try what I tried that finally resolved the problem with the second assembly. I experimented with how deeply the spindle was inserted onto the motor shaft. When pushed all the way down, the allen set screw is difficult to reach with the allen wrench. The allen wrench contacts the screw at an angle and makes it difficult to tighten. The original spindle also has this problem. It's a design flaw with the Vitamix. The small window to reach and remove the spindle set screw is not low enough to allow the spindle to seat all the way down and still tighten the screw. I finally found a position as far down as I could that would still allow me to tighten the allen set screw. After several tries I was able to find a position that caused very little vibration. This is going to happen with every manufacturer of the assembly, including the original Vitamix version. If you have the same problem that I had, try inserting the spindle on the shaft as far down as possible and still turn the set screw. I want to thank the seller for reaching out to me to try again. The seller gets 5 stars for customer service. The blades from Vitamix company are so expensive that I was just going the throw the whole Vitamix out altogether and find another blender. I appreciate the seller offering a reasonably priced solution. I give 4 stars because the blade assembly does not rotate as easily as the ones from the manufacturer. This may change with usage. In the past, to avoid high replacement costs, I would buy bearings and remove them with a press and replace just the bearings. You need special equipment and special locking liquid to do that and it became tedious. The bearings that Vitamix uses are high quality bearings and lesser bearings won't stand up to high speed without burning up. I'll see how this new assembly holds up.

I have a very old VM0103 model made by VitaMix. That was sold by Costco in early days. That blender had problem that hearing motor turning but not seeing blade move. I took it apart and decided the problem either is the rubber transfer connector socket or the blade assembly. Instead of buying those expensive replacement parts made by VitaMix, which did not indicate fitting for this model blender, I picked this one instead. Removed the rubber footing cover, using included hex tool, I was able to remove that rubber connector socket on the motor shaft. The part in this kit perfectly fit on the shaft. One must unscrew the sitting screw out till shaft could fully insert into the hole. I had to turn the part to find the screw hole, since there is no mark on it (does not like original one has a mark on it), then tighten the hex nut. I tried to blend something, now it works like new. I am very happy. The blade assembly is just a spare for now.

Had to use a screw extractor to get the old one off which complicated what should have been a simple repair. Installed the replacement part which is made of a harder plastic less rubberized version of the original. The issue is that no matter how well it is installed it can’t seem to run very balanced. This means as soon as you get a load in the container and amp it up to make the Vita-Mix magic that it sounds like a 747 jet is taking off right next to you and it feels like self-destruction is immanent. It also freaks out the whole block with neighbors coming over to ask if everything is ok. No, this is not ok! The blade seems to be ok but the spindle is a hack-job joke.

Super easy to replace the blade assembly. I haven't bothered trying to replace the base component, since mine is fine, but my old blade was seized and it came out easily. I washed the pitcher in the dishwasher and the new base went in as easily as the old one came out. Back to making smoothies, sauces and soups every day.

Got this to replace a blade I had accidentally bent which sent the assembly out of balance and caused a wicked vibration. The new one installed easy and worked good with little vibration. Seems as good as original but haven’t used a ton yet.

The parts are solid and as good as the original. I was able to put it on the blender easily. I have not used the blade yet, as my original is still sharp and working fine. My blenders about 10 years old and I have never had to replace the driver part on the base. Here's hoping that I get another ten years.

Bearing gave up after 3 months of very light use.. blade edges are very ruff. Very poor quality.

I have a vm0100a blender. Vitamix brand blade assy cost CAD 150. Someone left a review it is short. Yes this is short to fit in the socket. I cut out the container to fit the blade into the socket. It works very good without any problem. It is good price and I would not say about the quality at the beginning. The socket does not fit the blade assy. I do not know why it does not fit and I keep the existing one.