My shredder stop shredding. has paper caught in it

I was doing some shredding when i heard a popping sound and then the shredder stop shredding, the power works, and the reverse switch work, it just wont shred anything. Please help.

Anonymous Mar 28, 2014

Works in reverse, but not in forward Works in reverse, but not in forward

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Anonymous

Shredder drive gear is probably shredded - hard part to find or replace usually. Could mean a new shredder;-(

Posted on Sep 08, 2007

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