Kitchenaid Mixer Troubles

[partscounterman]

A sweet little old lady brought me her KA mixer in for repair. My main focus here is major appliances, but how can one turn down a sweet little old lady? (besides that I need the $$$-lol) Well, this mixer is older(Hobart built)but on the low speed setting it keeps going slower then faster -it sounds like reAr reAR reAr-constantly speeding and slowing alternatly. Can anyone on this board give me some advice or direct me to a book or website that would help me diagnose this problem? Even a wiring diagram would help! The model # is K5SS
David

 

[jaxsunst]

That happened to our Kitchen Aid mixer. I think they called it a "worm gear" at the place I took it for repair. It was $60 to get it fixed. That was 7 years ago, and it's still running.

 

[goatfarmer]

Maybe the grease is old,and too thick?

 

[partscounterman]

Oh gawd!

Just did a google search on kitchenaid mixer repair and ended up at a porn site. What the...? Didn't stick around long enough to figure out the connection. Yikes!

 

[scott55405]

I um...actually know why that happened, but won't go into it here, LOL.

 

[DADoES]

Ohhhhhhh, do tell!

 

[gansky1]

Oh my... I suppose if you do a Google for "worm gear" you could come up with about anything!

 

[tolivac]

Could sound like a dirty or loose speed switch contact?-The lever switch on the side of the mixer motor that turns it on and sets the speed.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Scott--I think I know, too!

veg with the dirty mind

 

[appnut]

Well, I'm sure I could whip up some thoughts in my mind too.

Very Dirty MInded Bear Bob

 

[rickr]

Partscounterman: and WHAT (part) did YOU use for YOUR Avatar!! LOL!

 

[launderess]

You might wish to try here:

http://www.decodan.com/home.asp

 

[partscounterman]

Thank you Laundress!

Everyone got so excited about the silly porn thing! Thank You for bringing this back to topic!

Look, I'm no saint or anything. Its just annoying to be searching for something serious and end up at bootylicious.com (it was something like that anyway)

Rickr- I have no idea what an avatar even is

David-technologically challenged

 

[goatfarmer]

It says they offer free repair help.

kennyGF

http://www.partselect.com/

 

[partscounterman]

Thanks Kenny!

Now thats more like what I had in mind!

Its bad enough getting all that stupid porn spam in my mailbox-don't need it on my browser too!

Very helpful site!

 

[gansky1]

Interesting site (repair site, not the porn!) and the free help offer is good. I was talking with a friend of mine who works at Williams Sonoma part-time and he was telling me about the new KitchenAid Accolade mixer. Supposedly, it's a WS exclusive model, all metal gears and 400 watts. He said the noise it makes is much different and louder than the previous models. My mother has never owned a stand mixer so I'm doing some shopping around. I can't imagine she will ever need 400W of mixing power though...

http://ww2.williams-sonoma.com/cat/pip.cfm?src=pipceltmxai%7Cge093%7Ck%7Cpceltmxai%7Crshop%7Cs%2Fcatceltmxai%7Cp1%7Crshop%2Fcatcelti%7Cp1%7Crshop%2Fhme&root=shop&pkey=celtmxai&gids=e093&ftest=1&flash=on

 

[foraloysius]

Greg,

Although Americans seem to do everything bigger and better IMHO 400 Watts would be still rather underpowered compared to the new Kenwood machines. I love this new Kenwood Major that has a 1200 Watts motor.

Here's a link to the British Kenwood site.

http://www.kenwood.co.uk/kitchenmachines_master.php

 

[tolivac]

I have a Kenwood mixer under the "Viking" name-very nice machine-more power than the KA and it has ALL SS blades-no bare "burnished" aluminum blades that are difficult to clean and cannot be put into the dishwasher.-don't like KA's "trend" of the uncoated beaters-pain in the ---to clean-you should be able to put them in the dishwasher.The Viking machine I have has a 1000W motor-guess Kenwood is in a horsepower race.Kenwood mixers here are also marketed under "DeLonghi" name and Hamilton Beach Commercial.

 

[kenmore1978]

Sweet Little Old Lady KA Mixer

So how did the story turn out?