10 years old
If the gear on the blade on your rival is bad. Abbotts Business Machines, ask for Mitch. 858-268-0435 can repair it.
Call Abbotts Business machines they can fix yours 858-268-0435
You turn the knob in the back to loosen it. Righty-tighty lefty loosey. You might need to use a pair of pliers or something if it's stuck tight.
lallin@juno.com has some newly manufactured, functional replacement parts for Rival slicers; such as blade washer and rubber suction cup feet. Sometimes has old slicers being parted out to supply donor parts.
ebay
think about 79.99. What do you think ?
The best thing to do would be to call the manufacturer and give then the item number of your appliance.
Oh, isn't it wonderful when we're trying to bring something back to life? You can find an idler gear for your Rival 1042 Food Slicer at various online marketplaces or specialty appliance stores. Remember, it's all about the joy of fixing and creating something beautiful again.
there is an address on the blade Rival mfg.co. Sedalia Mo.65301 model1030/7 125 watts 120volts 50-60HZ AC
As far as I can tell it was made in 1971
His name is Gaff (Edward James Olmos), the rival blade runner of Deckard (Harrison Ford).