Originally Posted by Repulse

A bent motor plate I can see happening, but how would you go about getting a bent top shaft? I fully disassembled everything after the loud noise crunching noise began, the only thing that I seen was that my spur gear had an uneven mesh. That being said when I installed it, it was fine (or at least fine enough for me not to know the difference). When I put in a replacement spur, everything meshes back up fine again.