Zojirushi 8-BBP-P070 Paddle/Blade for BB-PAC20 Mac

Great replacement
With I replaced sooner. Great fit

Perfect
These are the perfect fit! I will not soak these as I feel that may be why I needed to replace mine.

Keep an Extra Set
We use our Zojirushi bread maker every day. So one can imagine that we wear out the blades. In fact, we have two Zojirushi bread makers just in case, one fails to perform properly.

Exactly as original paddle, but poorly designed
This paddle is an exact replacement for the original. I’m deducting one star because the design is so poor, not that it doesn’t work well (it does), but because it is so easily damaged — these paddles fit onto a steel hub which has a flat spot which corresponds to a small nub inside these paddles. Since these paddles are made of a very soft metal (aluminum?), it takes very little effort to completely wring off the interior nub (bump)… and when that nub is gone then the paddle turns freely on the drive shaft — therefore cannot knead the bread dough.I don’t believe the paddles are being damaged by kneading bread, but by users making a simple but reasonable mistake… not knowing how fragile the paddles are:Damage to the paddle typically occurs when the paddle is used to manually rotate the drive shaft after the pan is removed from the machine. This is not a problem if the shaft turns freely, but after a number of cycles of breadmaking one or both shafts can become increasingly difficult to turn. Trying to turn a seized shaft via the paddle will put too much pressure on the small aluminum nub inside the paddle and wring it off, destroying the functionality of the paddle and requiring replacement. So make it a point to never rotate the pan shafts via the paddles, instead reach under the pan and rotate the shaft the same way the bread machine does. That brings up the real culprit — the bearings for the shafts eventually stiffen and seize and there is no method provided for cleaning and lubricating the bearings. The only solution provided for a seized shaft is to replace the entire bread pan (expensive). But the replacement bread pan and paddles are sold separately so you don’t want to destroy the paddles just to find out the bearings have seized up — because then you will have to buy not only a new bread pan but also replacement paddles (also expensive).This is my only complaint on the Zojirushi breadmaker — I purchased my first in 2001. Eventually one of the bread pan shafts completely seized, so I purchased a newer model in 2012. A shaft on this new one eventually also seized and I had forgotten what I had learned about not rotating the shaft via the paddle so I quickly wrung off the aluminum nub by trying to turn the shaft via the paddle — a lesson now learned twice the hard way. I was able to avoid buying a new bread pan — I was successful in freeing the seized shaft using a snap ring tool, hammer and silicone lube. Note: you cannot fully remove the shaft because I think there is a hidden snap ring sandwiched between the rivits, but you can move it just enough to free it up, then work in a little silicone lube.I still recommend the Zojirushi breadmaker to friends and I’d probably buy another if this one dies… however, I really wish Zojirushi would redesign their bread pan shaft bearings to make them at least somewhat serviceable and redesign the paddles so they can’t be so easily damaged.

great

Blade/Paddle Zojirushi 8-BBP-P070 for BB-PAC20 M. This is one method of preserving the Zojirushi bread machine. In contrast to other bread machines, it has a different kind of blade. Quite expensive. However, purchasing these specific paddles is the only option. However, it functions nicely with my bread maker.