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Kitchenaid K45 Mixer will only run at one speed, fast
is it a K45 or a K45SS? If it is a K45 you will have to replace the filters inside and probably the speed control plate, if it is a K45SS then you need a new phase control board. The K45 is pre 1978 and the K45SS is post 1978. Your information is correct on pre 1978 K45 models that the capacitor is bad, but it might be cheaper to go garage sale hunting and find a second machine as the parts are no longer made and having spares on hand may be a significant advantage in the future, also there are a great many of the K45SS parts that will also repair the K45 mixer so it may not be a practical solution. Watch ebay regularly for K45 parts, they come up every couple of months. On the parts diagram also look for the K5 diagram as it is identical to the K45, one is a 5 quart mixer and the other one is 4.5 quart, same parts same motor same everything.
Capacitor value needed for KitchenAid stand mixer 3-C
had the same problem with mine, and couldn't read the values, so took one out of another mixer that was good. the tested value on the good one was around 107 nano farads. run your mixer without the cap for a short time only, to see if the speed problem is corrected. If slow speeds will work, then you know it to be the capacitor. Do not leave out for long period of time, you will burn out contacts and poss. outher components
Ken
Why is mi kitchenaid classic starts a too fast speed ?
If it is running too fast at start on low speed there are 2 likely causes. The speed control plate or the low speed stop screw are out of adjustment. If this problem happened instantly rather than getting slowly worse over a long time then it is unlikely to be this. The other cause is a faulty phase board, that is the very small PCB under the back cover at the very top. It has 4 wires coming off it. They are not at all expensive to buy and easy to replace. One screw holds it on and just the 4 wires to clip off the terminals on the black speed control plate.
Kitchenaid mixer: When reattaching the planetary, the motor shaft is pushed up 1/8 thus the retaining pin cannot be installed. Gears are aligned
I make sure that the hole in the shaft is going to be in alignment with the hole in the planetary before offering the planetary up. Once it's on as far as it wants to go I encourage the planetary up as much as possible with a soft face mallet. Once you have it up that far you can normally see the beginning of the shaft hole if you look into the planetary hole. I have a thin very pointed stainless steel scriber that tapers all the way from pin size to the size of the hole. For me it's just then a matter of jiggling it about to with the scriber to make the 2 holes line up.
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