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Plastic gear housing in stand mixer fractured causing gears to crash
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WES from BREVARD, NC
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Pliers, Screw drivers
Removed four screws to remove main cover. Removed four more screws to remove fractured plastic gear housing cover. Removed retainer ring and slid two gears and dowel off main shaft. Lifted out remaining gear train and bearings, Removed all grease and metal chips from all components. Greased new gears and reassembled. Replaced plasti
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c gear housing cover with oreviously purchased die cast replacement part. Assembled main cover.
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wouldnt turn beaters
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Barry from Rowland Heights, CA
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Pliers, Screw drivers
removed metal strap around motor housing then remove the 4 screws holding top motor cover on, then removed the 4 screws that hold gear cover in place, remove long gear that is driven by the motor gear, then with ring pliers remove ring off long drive shaft and lift off worm gears. once all gears are removed --removed all the old grease (
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do this to get all the metal shavings out from the failed gear) repace the grease in the gear housing and reassemble in reverse order
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Mixer Made Very Bad Grinding Noise, And Would Skip While Making Bread Dough
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Dennis from Lake Mills, WI
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- 15 - 30 mins
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1, Removed trim piece (1 screw) 2, removed cover (4 screws) 3, removed speed switch assembly (2 screws) 4, removed gear cover (4 screws) 5, removed and examined 2 worm gears for wear. Gear cover was badly cracked, don"t know if it was caused by a previous repair or by heat, as old cover is plastic. Received new parts and installed them
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, 2 bearings, 2 worm gears, 1 new cover of diecast metal and a new gasket. All repairs made with a #2 phillips screw driver. My wife then made bread, and it preformed flawlessly.
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Mixer speed was uncontrollable
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James from Villa Rica, GA
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Pliers, Screw drivers
Removed screw from back of mixer cover band and then removed the 4 side screws, lifted top off of mixer and removed screws from circuit board control switch, removing wires one at a time so as to install correctly. replaced screws in circuit board/control. Restored top of mixer replaced screws and the put cover band back on mixer.walla do
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wire whip for mixer broke,
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Henry from Glasford, IL
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
bought new wire whip for mixer, simple attachment.
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Flat Beater Powdercoat covering was peeling off.
38 of 43 people
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MARILYN from St. JOseph, IL
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
I just traded the old beater for the new. It was just in time for cookie making.
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Gears Stripped on Stand Mixer
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Gary from Plano, TX
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Screw drivers
Bought a KitchenAid Pro Series stand mixer from Sam's Club about five years ago. The transmission gears stripped. It is failry easy to replace but you need to replace the worm gear and the pinion at the same time. Make sure all the old grease is removed completely to ensure no old shavings reaming in the transmission housing. Also, if yo
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u have a fiberglass transmission housing, inspect the housing closely to indetify any hairline fractures and do not fill the transmission assembly with too much grease becasue you need room for the housing to breathe when the unit is in operation. If you fill the housing too much and tighten it, it "WILL" crack the housing. You want enough gree to keep the asssemnly lubricated but not too much that when you run the mixer that it expands and cracks the housing.
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I stripped two gears to the power take-off at the head of the mixer using the meat grinder attachment.
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Raymond from Monterey, CA
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Pliers, Screw drivers
I investigated the problem by opening the mixer (four screws) and examining the gear box. Two gears were stripped. I ordered them, using the parts diagram provided. They arrives in about two days. I disassembled the gear box, cleaning out all grease and inspected for further damage. The gears and housing were completely cleaned with
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solvent. The transmission was then reassembled and regreased with food-grade grease. The mixer is now reassembled and working well. I was very pleased with the price and simplicity of my repair, versus taking it to a repair shop.
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Kitchenaid stand mixer would get stuck (stripped gear)
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Lucy from El Dorado Hills, CA
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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First I removed the screws that hold the silver band and the top of the mixer (cover). I removed the cover. I then removed the 4 screws that hold the gear housing and removed the housing. I removed the worm gear and removed the bearings and the washer from the "old" worm gear and put them on the replacement worm gear. I took gear grea
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se from the cracked housing and packed the replacement gear with this grease. I attached the gasket to the replacement housing. I placed the attachment gear into the replacement housing and placed the housing over the gear assembly. I then put the mixer back together and ran it for a few minutes to dispurse the gear grease. I just mixed up some bread dough and everything seems to be in working order. I have never done this before so I hope it will continue to function properly.
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Kitchenaid Professional Stand Mixer would rev up quickly and stop working after a few seconds.
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Jeremy from Aurora, IL
- Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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I read several stories online explaining that this was a problem with a speed sensor. In order to change the part I removed the motor cover (required removing 3 or 4 screws) and simply unplugged the old sensor from the speed control board and plugged the new one in. Took very little time and minimal effort. Mixer now runs like it did w
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hen it was new and cost much less than replacing the entire appliance.
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The paint on the flat beater for my electric mixer was chipping
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Jennifer from Phoenix, AZ
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- Less than 15 mins
I inherited an electric mixture from my mother-in-law after she died in 2004. The mixer must have been from the 70s. I guess I could buy a new one but I think of her each time I use it and it is almost like I keep a piece of her alive. The paint on the flat beater was chipping and instead of potentially poisoning my family I knew I nee
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ded to either replace the mixer or get a new Flat Beater. I had no idea, with the mixer being so old that a replacement part would even exist but it did! I purchased the replacement flat-beater and installed it in two seconds. Now I can use my mixer with immeasurable sentimental value and not pose any health risks to my family!
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Replacement of beaters
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Nancy from Indianapolis, IN
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
The Kitchenaide Artisan stand mixer was purchased as a floor model. The two white beaters had worn and chipped spots on them. I purchased two replacement beaters from Part Select. They arrived the next day in great shape. Have used the mixer several times since and it has worked wonderfully.
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Stripped gear teeth
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Roger H. from Polo, IL
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Removed rear band screw and band
remove 4 screws from head assembly and remove mixer head
remove 2 screws fastening speed control switch
remove 4 screws from gear box cover
remove cover and slide out bevel gear and replace
remove retainer ring and slide gear off shaft.
reassemble in reverse order, apply grea ... Read more se to gear teeth.
first time 25 minutes to inspect and reassemble
2nd time 5 minutes to teardown,replace parts, and reassemble
All manufactured assemblies should be this nice to work on.
remove 4 screws from head assembly and remove mixer head
remove 2 screws fastening speed control switch
remove 4 screws from gear box cover
remove cover and slide out bevel gear and replace
remove retainer ring and slide gear off shaft.
reassemble in reverse order, apply grea ... Read more se to gear teeth.
first time 25 minutes to inspect and reassemble
2nd time 5 minutes to teardown,replace parts, and reassemble
All manufactured assemblies should be this nice to work on.
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Erratic speed control
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Bernie from Lapeer, MI
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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1. Removed the silver name band that encircles the mixer head by removing one philips screw at the rear of the head. 2. There are four philips head screws under the band. 3. Remove the four screws and lift the top half of the head from the machine. 4. Looking at the rear of the machine, the speed control is to the right (identify by the
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speed control knob. 5. Remove the two screws (philips) on each side of the speed control assembly. 6. Lift the speed control from the machine and let it hang by the connecting wires. 7. One at a time, remove the plugs that are connected to the speed control module and place then in the same location as the new part. 8. Set the old control aside. 9. Set the new controller in place and secure with the two philips screws removed during disassembly (note: do not over-tighten the screws as the tabs on the controller are plastic and can break if over-tightened). 10. Replace the cover and replace the four screws holding the cover in place and tighten securely. 11. Replace the beauty name place and tighten in place. This whole process took about 6 minutes from start to finish. The mixer now works like new.
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After sitting on my kitchen counter for nearly 42 years the rubber feet left foot prints.
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Susan from Gig Harbour, WA
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
We:
tipped the mixer over on its side
pulled the old feet off
put the new feet in place and pounded them w/our fists
set it back up on its new feet
smiled
tipped the mixer over on its side
pulled the old feet off
put the new feet in place and pounded them w/our fists
set it back up on its new feet
smiled
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