CUISINART ICE-100 Ice 100 Paddle Stuck Grinding Noise

Drive Motor Assembly

The grinding noise is the specific acoustic signature of stripped internal gears within the reduction gearbox. When the paddle encounters high resistance from over-frozen mixture, the torque load shears the plastic gear teeth, preventing the paddle from rotating while the motor continues to spin. This assembly replaces the entire electromechanical drive unit responsible for paddle rotation.

Ice Cream Dasher (Paddle)

While less likely to cause a 'grinding' noise, a fractured drive hub on the paddle itself can cause the paddle to slip on the drive shaft. If the splines are rounded off, they may produce a chattering or light grinding sound under load.

Gelato Dasher (Paddle)

Similar to the ice cream paddle, the gelato-specific paddle can experience hub failure or warping if the mixture is too hard, though the primary grinding source is usually the motor's internal gearbox.