Kitchen Aid Mixer Repair (lots o picks)

well this will be my last posting on this minor/major problem on my kitchen aid mixer. this was a user issue. i had made so many breads with out reading full directions. i asked a couple people and many did not know what to do. but i did finally speak to "sparky". he had taken one apart several years ago so he was not much help. he did provide me with a link to finding parts Here it is. i did not get much advice from many others. so i went ahead and did it myself. next time a egger has problems i took pictures when i did final assembly..

i did get alot of advice from people when i had to take the ka apart the second time. i had put the thing back together the first time i sheared two gears and ended up with gear shavings in the grease. well that ment all the grease had to get cleaned up. i was surprised at how many people actually told me to use gasoline :blink: . i ended up using easy off oven cleaner. it is food safe and worked like a charm!!!

so here are the tools you will need to do it all



phillips head screw driver, and external snap ring pliers. i did not take pictures of all the paper towels, cotton balls, and q-tips i used to get all the grease out of the mixer.

but i did undo the motor and switch board to make sure i got all of it



here it is for the first part i put back together



here are all the parts



#1 Front Bearig

#2 Thrust Bearing

#3 Worm Gear

#4 Rear Bearing

#5 Worm Follower Gear

#6 Retaining Pin

#7 Retaining Clip

#8 Bevel Gear

#9 Attachment hub bevel gear

#10 Transmition Housing

here is a picture of how to start



here is the picture from when i put the retaining pin in


the bevel gear goes on top of the worm follower gear. there is a spot machined out to accomodate the pin



it just slides on




the retaining clip goes on top using the pliers


the attachment gear slides into the transmition housing



then goes on top



i did that one to make sure it fit on right.. i forgot the most expensive part of this the gear grease. it is food grade which made it more $$$. they also sent me enough to grease 10 mixers :S

but getting all that grease in there is a issue. this was the second time, so i got smart, and applied some ABT knowledge..


yep used a ziplock bag and cut a hole in the corner and piped it in.. was alot easier than the first time..

another grease shot



i put the housing on then ran it for a few took the transmition housing off and added more grease.. then put the housing back on



then the outer cover



it was not a hard project but one that needed to be done i started out buying the worm follower gear, transmition housing, and the grease the first time.. ended up replacing everything except for the worm gear. which is what sparky did to his. but i was not lucky enough. the people at the link i provided were really nice and helpful to me in all my ordering..


i hope i never have to do this again but after 6 years of me using it and the wife using it every week some maitnence should be done. i read somewhere that you are supposed to replace the grease every year as maitnence. but i did not. and i ended up spending about $100 on 4 orders that included the shipping of 4 diffrent orders. so take my advice and order everything you think you need the first time :pinch:


like i said i hope i do not have to do this again but i did want the pictures to be here for any future eggers who go through this......