This is a fairly easy fix but you need a new planetary, some new grease a new gasket and about an hour. The planetary for your machine is a recent design, that did not work. the planetary and the shaft has been milled with grooves and they are pressed together at the factory. The tolerance was deemed to be tight enough to keep the shaft and the planetary together during the life of the machine....but sadly this became a common problem. They have since fixed the problem in the new design. They went back to pins and retaining clips from pre 2006. Your fix is inexpensive and ther are several videos on the internet showing you step by step how to do it yourself. Hope this helps.
I came to the same conclusion and ordered a new planetary. The new one isn't pinned either. Where can I get one that is? This will happen again I'm sure.
Your explanation is crystal clear. How big a drill bit do I need? I might already have it. My hat\'s off to you sir, and I\'m raising a glass to your good health. I will tame this bugger.
I beleive it was a metric drill and was just over 1/8th inch (go figure :)) I would order the pin first when it arrives measure it. You will see that the pin has been milled with three raised edge profiles on it, those profiles keep the pin wedged in it's hole very nicely, I am going to try and upload some pictures here of the jig it may help a little more.the pin that I used was from and old K45ss mixer.crud I have to reduce all the photos to 500k sry.
I wouldn't worry about the pictures; your explanation is clear enough. Once upon a time, in another life, I used to repair power tools and I know what's involved. I'm going to install the new old part and wait for it to fall off again. In the meantime I'm going to get the pin and drill my hole. When it goes queep again I'll be ready. Thank you sir. You've been more than helpful.
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I came to the same conclusion and ordered a new planetary. This one isn't pinned either. Where can I get the updated version?
Hey Charles I got your response...So!! You can't get the new planetary because the whole motor and shaft housing are different from the pro 600 that you have, You are going to have to order a new old part. sorry.
I was afraid of that. You mentioned a gasket for the gear case cover. I can't seem to find that as a separate item. Unless you know of an alternative, it seems I have to buy the gear case too. For the planetary, I have a drill press. I'll bet I can pin it together myself.
If the gear case is plastic then yes by all means replace it even if it isn't cracked, the gasket is under the gear case cover and the gear grease required is 2 OZ the parts can be found at Stand Mixer Gasket - 9709511 ,http://www.appliancezone.com/SearchProdu...
or this one at the same place. Now that's where the parts can be found, now I have already built a jig to repair the problem. I hope I can explain it here. put the shaft back into the planetary, then drill hole through the planetary side that holds the shaft from the outside all the way through to the other side. then order a planetary pin from the same site for a K45SS, that pin will fit snuggly in the hole and will fit side to side, I have repaired this for several peeps and on one shaft I had to grind one end down just a hare so that it was flush once inserted. Now I have a shop so it took about 20 minutes to make the jig and drill the hole. You do need a drill press to keep the planetary fixed so that it it stays true while drilling. The ones I fixed have had no problem. the first one I fixed I did with a set screw from one side but it actually threw the weight off and one side would grind due to the weight differential so a full drill hole from side to side did the trick and it stays in balance. Hope this helps.
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