The "wobbling" sounds like an issue of beater to bowl adjustment, which can come out of alignment naturally over time and with use of the machine.
If the flat beater is striking the bottom of your bowl, this may cause the locking mechanism to loosen and may cause the mixing head to "bounce" during use.
Your Use and Care Guide will cover the "beater to bowl adjustment," which you can do at
home in a few minutes with a flathead screwdriver.
Also, leaking of oil in a stand mixer is not necessarily indicative of a large problem.
Kitchenaid stand mixers are overpacked with oil to last the lifetime of the motor. If the motor sits idle for some time (is not used), the oil may begin to drip from the gears and settle. Oil leakage may primarily be seen from around the beater shaft or planetary action.
A stand mixer can lose up to a 1/4 cup of oil before it needs to be serviced.
It is recommended to run the mixer on speed 10 for 2 minutes in order to redistribute oil back into the motor. In order to prevent future occurences, this is recommended to be done every 3 weeks if mixer is not being used.
My older Kitchenaid that really never got heavy usage is doing the same thing. The oil drips around the round plate where the beaters fit. I'm still using it but have to check often to wipe it up before it drips in the food. Figure that some day it will burn out when all the oil is gone. Because of it's cost, I think that the next time iIwill buy a heavy-duty Mixmaster. I have worn two of those out over the last 35 years but they're a lot cheaper to replace and they handled dough and thick icing very well. Actually, I liked them better because they had a wider bowl and was easier to get into to scrape the bowl. Hope we find a solution to the oil problem.
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