Holy cow! I didn’t realize that when I ordered the part to fix my planer that it was going to take over a month to come!
I pulled apart the gearbox and found the gear that had been stripped. After scouring the web for a while, i found our that basically every brand of planer uses the same gearbox design. That said, the solution they all give you? Replace it, like the whole thing. Minimum $100 up to $250. Shoot, we only bought the planer on KSL for like $50.
An hour later I found the exact part number for the broken gear (1343910). I ordered it on ToolPartsPro.com and although it took forever, it was the exact same part. Cost? $10.
Learn how to fix stuff. Might take some time and willpower but save you so much money in the long run.
Bonus, when this happens again, which it probably will, now I have an extra gear to replace it ASAP!
