Hello beginings sorry to here about your juicer.Happyjuicer.com is an information site about juicers and juiceing you might want to check it out.I own 3 juicers a single auger solostar2 a twin gear greenstar2000 and a jacklalane juicer.Of the 3 the gs2000 does the bulk of my juicing.I use the jacklalane juicer for apples when the orchards are harvesting.I gave up on the solostar2 because of the juicing screen breaking all the time.The single auger juicer performed well when it was working.But if you are looking for maximum power with maximum yield than twin gear is the way to go.The twin gear juicers are exspensive but they are also heavyduty.I find the twin gear with a centrifical to cover all my juicing needs.Good luck on your search for a good juicer.I purchased the gs2000 at vitalityplus1.com the site could be usefull for information.