After 3 years of using the original grinder on our Cuisinart Automatic Grind & Brew, the blades became dull so we replaced it with this grinder part. It worked okay for a year of gentle use (brewing about once a week, cleaning after each use), then the connection between the grinder's spinning blades unit and the shaft in the main coffee machine gradually became too tight. Before each use the grinder would go smoothly mounted on the machine, but after brewing the entire grinder part gets stuck there (perhaps because of the heat, moisture, or the combination of both?) and wouldn't come out! I have to struggle with it for at least 10 minutes just to get the grinder out of the coffee machine so I can clean it for the next use. The problem got so worse, now I have to pull out my tool box and use pliers and wrenches to take it out! Once the grinder is mounted, there is very little space around it so it is extremely difficult to get your fingers in and around the grinder and pull it out. My wife struggled so hard to force it out and ended up with nasty bruises on her fingers! We never had this problem with the original grinder part. It is so ridiculous that the entire "Grind & Brew" machine is now worthless because of the problem with this small part.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Ten dollars for nothing, April 27, 2009

By	Sharon Odle (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The grinder part, while the correct product number, did not fit the coffeemaker. We had to have a previous replacement a year and a half or so ago, same item #, ordered directly from Cuisinart that did fit, but which only lsated a year and half! We returned the grinder, and were given a credit for the purchase price, but were out the original postage and handling - about $7.00 - plus the $3.00 it cost to mail the part back. If this were my first experience with ordering on the Internet, I would never do it again. As it is, we won't use this vendor again.

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