It is very easy repair. first you take off the cover then take off the gear box cover. After you remove snap ring the gears slide off. The hardest part is cleaning off all the old grease so you don\'t have slivers of metal from bad parts ruining the new parts. Just put together in reverse order. If you use the mixer a lot, and mix dough o
... Read morer things heavy you\'ll be doing this more than once. To make it last longer use on low speed, maybe #2.
Removed top cover. Removed all the gears and old grease. Installed new gears and bearings, and packed full of grease. Installed new gasket and reassembled. Works like a charm. Watched the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsbgUHAGWX4
1.Removed cover
2.Removed Transmission cover
3.Removed all gears starting with vertical set.
4. Snap ring pliers were required to continue disassembly of vertical set of gears.
5. After taking vertical and horizontal gears out they were cleaned. Paper towels and q-tips worked well
6.Next cleaned transmission
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7. Reassembled packing gears and trans housing with fresh food grade grease.
8. I replaced motor next. Marked where two wires from motor attach to control board.
9.Reassembled covers using a fresh gasket for trans cover. It is important to season gasket with a thin coat of food grade grease.
10. Tested and put to work.
I got my can of grease that I bought when the original plastic transmission cover broke and was replaced with the new cast metal cover 4 years ago. When the mixer didn\'t turn the beater shaft, I took the cover off, using a #2 Philips screwdriver, and then the transmission cover using the same tool. When I had it open, I discovered that 2
... Read more of the teeth on the Worm Gear had been broken. I didn\'t see this on the original repair and unless the gear stopped exactly at that spot, the machine ran fine.
I then removed the Transmission cover gasket, and the Worm Gear with the Front, Rear, and Thrust Bearings. I repacked the case with grease and greased the Worm Gear teeth and shaft, then installed the new Thrust Bearing and Front and Rear Bearings. I placed the assembled Worm Gear in it\'s proper position and set the gasket and Transmission Cover in place and reset the screws and tightened them down. I then plugged the machine in and tested it. Upon being satisfied that it was in proper running order, I replaced the cover.
1. Removed old worm gear, old worm drive assembly, front bearing, rear bearing, and thrust bearing.
2. Cleaned all old grease from gear housing.
3. Assemble all new parts and install
4. Pack gear housing with new grease.
5. Assemble gear housing, finish assembling mixer.
I found your great video on you tube on the KitchenAid mixers. It was all I needed to repair my mixer. I recommend it to anyone working on their mixer.
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