20 Most Recent KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Check the brushes. They get caked up with burned flour. Remove the brush caps and pull the brushes out by their springs, being VERY careful to note the position of them since they only go back in one way. Measure the free length of the spring before pulling it out. It is critical that you write down the length sticking out with very slight pressure on it so that it is seated against the armature when you measure.

Clean the curved surface of the carbon brushes with a sharp knife being careful not to scratch the curved surface. If you have them installed wrong they will not go all the way in and will not contact the armature and it will not run. Measure the length, as done above, of the spring to make sure it is in correctly!! If it is not in correctly the spring will stick out 1/4 inch longer than it should.

Keep turning the brush until you have the shortest amount of spring sticking out when you press it in all the way then slowly release pressure on the end of the spring. You will know when it is in correctly since the difference in length is noticable. The curvature on the front of the brush must line up with the curved surface of the armature which runs from the front of the mixer to the rear.

CRC and wriggling, twisting, pushing and grunting. Then when it's off clean out the hole and shine the shaft. Try and polish the hole without making it bigger, food builds up on the aluminium surface and a bit of extra flour locks it on.

You need to either re-time the speed control switch at the back or replace it. If it worked great before then it is just an adjustment to get it back to running correctly. YouTube viseo available for timing the switch

Hello Brenda,You need to adjust the speed control switch at the rear of the machine and you can find a video on this exersise on YouTube.

Hello Janet,if your speed lever / switch is stuck something inside is broke. A new speed lever assembly is available on the internet or ebay for about 18 dollars, to replace it will take about an hour and you will have to tear the machine down to do it. Let me know if you want to do it yourself and I can point you in all the right directions.

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Please let me know whether it is helpful for you.

You simply use a punch and hammer and tap it out.

Here is the exploded parts list fr a K45, perhaps it will help him:

http://shared.whirlpoolcorp.com/assets/pdfs/literature/Repair%20Part%20List%20-%208212369.pdf

Hola LALOB_RO. Cuando cambió los cepillos (carbones), es posible que haya instalado uno o ambos de ellos para que los cepillos no encaja correctamente. Sólo hay un camino para que los cepillos que se ha instalado correctamente. La caracóncava del cepillo debe descansar por completo en el conmutador de la armadura. Siusted lo ha girado 90 grados demasiado, el cepillo no se asienta correctamente y elmotor no hay nada 'jugo'.


Le recomiendo la eliminación de los pinceles de nuevo para comprobar que ambosestén instaladas correctamente. La ilustración de arriba debe permitir volver a instalarlos pinceles con confianza. Buena suerte, espero que esto ayude. Howard, Burke, VA,EE.UU.
Si esta solución ha sido útil, por favor, valoren, gracias! - hslincoln

Follow this link, the instructions are in the extra pictures: http://www.mendingshed.com/kaleverkit.htmlOr you can refer to the service manual: http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mendingshed/kitchenaidservicemanual.pdf

It sounds like it could be a possible stripped gear. You could have a bad attachment drive gear or bevel pinon gear. Best thing to do would be to take the mixer apart, and inspect those gears. Here is a link to the service manual which will aid you in taking apart your 4.5 quart mixer: http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mendingshed/kitchenaidservicemanual.pdfHere is a link to the attachment drive gear: http://www.mendingshed.com/attachmentgear.htmlHere is a link to the bevel pinion center gear: http://www.mendingshed.com/pinionwormgear.htmlLet me know if you have any questions.Thank you,ColleenCustomer ServiceMendingShed.com800-339-9297

I am assuming you mean the little black knob on the speed control has broken off. I will post the solution for that problem.The speed control lever on KitchenAid mixers has a little black knob on the end (in some cases this may be white or gray). The knob is pressed onto the lever, so if the knob breaks off your only option is to replace the whole lever. KitchenAid has a kit that will include all you need to replace the speed control lever. It even comes with instructions. Here is a link to the speed control lever kit on our website: http://www.mendingshed.com/kaleverkit.htmlThe lever kit includes the speed control lever (with knob), speed link, spring, instructions and a gearbox gasket.The instructions will only walk you through how to hook up the speed control lever, so if you also need a little guidance in taking the mixer apart, and reassembling it please use the KitchenAid service manual. The manual will walk you through all of the repairs you may need on your mixer, including how to take the mixer apart and put it back together. Here is a link to the service manual: http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mendingshed/kitchenaidservicemanual.pdfRemember, The Mending Shed is a Authorized KitchenAid service center, we can help you with any repair needs for your KitchenAid appliances, plus all of the parts we carry are genuine KitchenAid brand.Thank you,ColleenCustomer ServiceMendingShed.com800-339-9297

We have never heard of this problem before. I spoke with our KitchenAid technician as well and he has never seen this problem in the over 20 years of working on KitchenAid mixers.Are you sure that the beater is hooked on all of the way, and there isn't anything in the beater stopping it from turning and clicking into place? Is the pin stuck? If the pin is not sticking out all of the way, or the spring is bad/damanged it is possible the beater could come loose. You would want to replace the agitator shaft.Agitator Shaft: http://www.mendingshed.com/kacentershaft.htmlThank you,ColleenCustomer ServiceMendingShed.com800-339-9297

KitchenAid uses a vegetable based grease inside of their mixers, it is a food safe grease. Because of this if you do not use your mixer often and over time the grease inside the mixer can begin to break down, and an oil will leak from the mixer.What you will need to do is take the mixer apart, clean out the old grease and replace it with new KitchenAid grease, it is also recommended that you replace the gearbox gasket.We are one of KitchenAid's largest service centers in the US, everything we sell is Genuine KitchenAid replacement parts.Here is a link to the grease on our website: http://www.mendingshed.com/kagrease.htmlAnd a link to the gearbox gasket: http://www.mendingshed.com/mixergasket.htmlAlso to aid you in the repair here is a link to the KitchenAid service manual for your mixer. this will show you how to take the mixer apart, replace the grease, and reassemble the mixer. http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mendingshed/kitchenaid6qtservicemanual.pdfThank you,ColleenCustomer ServiceMendingShed.com800-339-9297

My first guess would be the speed control plate. It has three screws in an upside down triangular shape. The two screws on top control and adjust speeds 1 thru 6, and often times just one screw being out a 16th of a turn will shut the mixer off completely. I would venture that when you were removing the two stud bolts you moved the adjustment screws on the speed control plate. Remember that even a slight movement can shut down your mixer, take a phillips screwdriver and turn the top left screw one quarter turn while the machine is on, it can start on you so don't be shocked and jump with a loaded screwdriver in your hand at the back of an electrical device, stay calm, if no start then try the left screw a quarter turn, if it does not start go to a half turn on each screw, if still no start turn thr screws back to the start place and try the bottom screw a quarter turn left and right, if you do not start by now, then something is wrong in another place, go back to the brushes and take them out and check how you put them in, these are the two most common problems with a no start mixer. If this does not fix your problem or get the mixer to start please come back here with more info. If you motor raced in the first place then I would suspect the phase control board, but when it came back to normal speed it leades me away from the phase board. When the phse control board goes out the mixer only works at high speed. So please let us know so that we can help further.