What kind of grease can be used on a stand mixer after replacing a stripped worm gear? model:K45SS

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The power take off for accessories doesn't work

That's a bit of a task to sort out. If you aren't up for a full strip down and clean up followed by new gears and repack with grease then contact Kitchen Aid for a local repairer. You will be up for a couple of gears and maybe even the top housing if the bush for the accessory drive gear is wrecked. If you need "how to" help then get back to me for step by step.

Apr 04, 2015 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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It just quit while I was using on high speed.

The lady's model is a K45SS and it does not have a Hall Effect Senor, Her machine di not go to high speed, it STOPPED!!, and that is all we know. If the mixer motor still runs or operates then it is a gear problem and yes it would be the nylon worm gear made to fail in order to protect the motor from burning out. if it won't start at all no noise or movement then it is an electrical problem and it could be the speed control switch the brushes the phase control board the govorner or the motor. what is needed is more information from the lady seeking help.

Dec 12, 2012 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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When making bread dough the mixer dough hook jammed. now the mixer makes a terrible racket when used and will not mix heavy loads, ie dough.

In the mixer there is a worm drive gear, it is a fail safe so that you don't burn up your motor in just this insatance. the gear is nylon and when the machine is torqued too much the gear is designed to give out or strip. It is making a terrilble racket because all those chewed up teeth are now being milled and ground up while you are trying to use your mixer. STOP!!! the part costs about $8.00 USD and takes about two hours to fix. You should put a new gasget in but a lot of people dont want to spend the extra $6.00 buck because you have to buy new grease for this fix also, about $25.00 more. You must clean out all the old gear grease to make sure all the chewed up gear teeth atre out of the machine, then repair with new worm gear part and then re-pack with grease and add the new gasket and close up the machine all fixed. about 3 hours time $50.00 and a roll or two of paper towels. (The grease is real messy)

Sep 14, 2012 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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My stand mixer's motor runs but the blades don't turn to mix the food

Get a copy of the Repair Part List for your model at Kitchenaid.com
Download a Copy of the Kitchenaid Service manual.

http://www.kitchenaidparts.be/centers/servicemanual/mixer.pdf

The Worm Gear (12) teeth was stripped and needs to be replaced.
The whole Worm Gear Assembly can be purchased on eBay for under
$15.00

Aug 04, 2011 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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The Kitchenaid mixer stops and the motor just whirls without moving the paddle. This happened today when I was making dough. I seemed like the load was too much for it, but I have made this recipe many...

Hi VILLAGEFS, I’m sorry to hear about your 12 year old KA mixer not working. From the symptoms described, your mixer has experienced a catastrophic transmission failure; “like a gear is stripped…” Your particular KA model has a plastic gear designed to fail instead of the whole mixer ‘going up in smoke’. With this ‘fail-safe’ gear stripped your electric motor continues to ‘whirl’, but the power is not being transferred to the planetary and agitator shaft.
The good news is that this can be fixed quite easily (OK, maybe with a little effort) by yourself, if you are a DITY type person, feel adventurous, and your mixer is not under warranty (which it is not). Make sure you have the Parts List manual on hand. If you're lacking one, you can download a PDF version from the KA website at: http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/page/home.
Click on Customer Care>Locate Manuals& Guides> then enter the visitor type “Consumer” and enter the 6 character model number, in this case K45SSW, and then select the file under Parts List (1) K45SSWH0.pdf (341.41 KB) ( Still check to see it matches your mixer).
Although not providing step by step instructions, the Parts List manual provides an exploded view of the various component assemblies allowing you to see how the mixer all fits together. It is helpful for the disassembly, troubleshooting, and reassembly of your mixer.
Turn to pages 4 & 5, titled “Case, Gearing and Planetary Unit”, and locate Illus. No. 38, Worm Gear Bracket & Gear, including Illus. No. 8, Worm Gear. After clearing all the grease away, you will probably find the worm gear stripped. You can order a replacement part and install it yourself. Do not use the old grease as it will be contaminated with debris from the stripped gear and ‘gum up the works’ if you try to reuse it.
While you’ve got your mixer this far apart you can check for any other unseemly wear and tear on the on the other gears and components. Besides a replacement worm gear, and grease you might consider replacing the gasket, too. You should use a food-grade grease that you can order online (although I’ve seen automotive bearing grease used, too – your call).
As far as parts go, here are five potential vendors in no particular order: RepairClinic.com; mendingshed.com; searspartsdirect.com; partstore.com; and Grainger.com (for grease). Prices can vary widely between vendors, so do some comparison shopping.
Finally, here are some links to several excellent websites that detail the disassembling/greasing and reassembly of a KA Mixer.

Between these three websites and their excellent pictures and descriptions and your Parts List manual, you should now be able to completely disassemble, fix/replace your stripped worm gear, and reassemble your mixer.
If you feel this repair is beyond your capability, then I would seek out a local small appliance repair shop in your area. KA Customer Care can give you names of local KA authorized repair shops in your area, but you can also do an online search to supplement what KA may provide you. Call to explain your circumstances and find out their hourly rate and get an estimate of what they think it would cost to repair your mixer. Also, always obtain three or more estimates – do some comparison shopping. Good luck, I hope this helps. Howard, Burke, VA
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Jul 19, 2010 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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Hi JO18395. I believe you meant to say the ‘gears’ are stripped... But, to answer your question you will need to go “under the hood” to determine which gear assembly has failed.
The inspection and troubleshooting of the mixer transmission is a DITY capability, particularly if your mixer is out of warranty. Just be sure to have the correct Part List manual around when you start to disassemble your mixer. If you're lacking one, you can download it from the KA website (http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/page/home).
Click on Customer Care>Locate Manuals& Guides> and enter the 6 character model number, in this case K45SSW, and then select the file under Parts List (1) K45SSWH0.pdf (341.41 KB) (be sure to check that it this matches your mixer).
Turn to pages 4 & 5 titled: “Case, Gearing & Planetary Unit,” for the disassembly, troubleshooting, and reassembly of your mixer, along with all the parts. I suspect your culprit gear is Illus. No. 8, Worm Gear, in Illus. No. 38, Worm Gear Bracket and Gear assembly. KA designs this gear to fail on purpose so the rest of the mixer will not self destruct.
Once apart you can check for any other unseemly wear and tear on the gears, etc. You may find more parts that need replacement than just a bad gear. You may also want to consider replacing all the grease, particularly if gear debris is suspended in it.
Besides any replacement gear(s) and grease you might consider replacing the gasket (Illus. No. 19) and “O”-ring (Illus. No. 34), too. I recommend using a food-grade grease that you can order online (although I’ve seen automotive bearing grease used too – your call).
It can be messy but quite gratifying to diagnose and repair your mixer yourself.
Here are some links to several excellent websites that detail the disassembling/greasing and reassembly of a KA Mixer.

Between these three websites and their excellent pictures and descriptions and your Parts List manual, you should now be able to completely disassemble and reassemble your mixer.
If you feel this is beyond your capabilities and will be too difficult to do by yourself you can take your mixer to a local small appliance repair shop and have them troubleshoot and fix your mixer. KA Customer Care can provide you with the name and phone # of the closest authorized KA repair shop in your area or you can do a Online web search, but be sure to get at least three estimates before deciding to commit to one repair shop.
Good luck and have fun. I hope this helps. Howard, Burke, VA
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Apr 29, 2010 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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Mixer does not rotate hook

Here is the exploded parts list fr a K45, perhaps it will help you replace the stripped gear inside the gear housing. It is probably the gear which is driven by the motor shaft.:

4162897 Worm Gear

It costs around $10 and can be found on the internet at places like:

http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-mixer-4162897-worm-gear/dp/B000TR6JEU

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

Apr 08, 2010 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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My K45SS is leaking some kind of oil or grease from the part of the mixer above where the mixer part attaches. It otherwise seems to be functioning fine.

its gear oil from the gear box that the motor turns to make the beaters turn,you need to replace the seals or keep adding food grade oil before you dry out the gearbox and ruin it

Mar 09, 2010 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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MY KITCHENAID MIXER MODEL # KSM5 TURNS ON BUT THE BEATERS WONT TURN. I MIXED UP SOME PIZZA DOUGH AND GUESS I BROKE SOME GEARS OR SOMETHING. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU

The most common part to fail in this mixer is the worm gear:
http://kitchenaidmixerspares.co.uk/Home/tabid/36/p/Mixer-Part---Worm-Gear-and-Bracket-240309-2/ProductID/103/CategoryID/17/Default.aspx

Oct 31, 2009 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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Mixer wont turn on

check for fuse

Oct 02, 2009 • KitchenAid K45SS Classic Stand Mixer

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Food grade grease is what Kitchen Aid put into the gearbox originally. They do supply it as a spare part if you cannot find it as a non Kitchen Aid part.

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Use the kitchen aid grease

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KitchenAid recommends the Benelene 930-2 grease, this is a food grade, non-toxic vegetable based grease.

KitchenAid's part number for the grease is 4176597, it usually only comes in a 30 oz can which is way more than you need for a household repair. We repackage the KitchenAid grease into 6oz & 10 oz containers.

When repacking the grease the k45 mixers use approx 6-8 oz of grease so we recommend the 10oz grease container so that you have plenty for regreasing your mixer.

Here is a link to the KitchenAid 10oz Benelene Grease: KitchenAid Mixer Gearbox Grease 10 oz for 4 5 5 Quart Mixers

-Colleen@MendingShed

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Answer 4 · 4/7/2008 12:00:00 AM

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Posted on Apr 07, 2008

SOURCE: kitchenaid mixer k45ss slow gear

If you look into the brush holder you will see a stopper at the botom ,(this is so when brushes are wore the spring is not driven into armature) .. the brushes have to be inserted so the groove is lined up , try that

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hi

there is a ring clamp on top of the main worm follower gear on the drive shaft. you might not see it due to the grease.

you need to get one of those weird little pliers with points on them to spread the ring clamp to remove it. Then the gear is just friction fit on the shaft...it's pretty tight. I carefully used a screwdriver to slowly separate the main follower gear from the lower gear and it goes up the shaft....

after a bit you can wiggle the follower gear by hand and it will come up. Then you can see there is a pin holding the drive gear underneath it in place. The pin in my mixer was actually bent (must have been some tough dough).

then you reverse the process to put the gear back on -- except that the top follower gear has to go on the pin in the right orientation or the ring clamp won't fit.

buy your parts from mendingshed.com

hope it helps.

Dan Hudson

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Posted on Nov 30, 2008

SOURCE: Repair manual for a KitchenAid K45SS stand mixer

You should be able to look up your manuals HERE

BOB BROWER

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Posted on Jan 15, 2009

SOURCE: Hobart A200 Worm Gear Shredding Brass Gear

no there are no adjustments . you must have bent the case just a little , i dont see any good news for you , sorry . i have worked on hobart mixers for years and you should get 5-10 years out of that gear

Anonymous

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Posted on Mar 22, 2009

SOURCE: Need Kitchenaid k45ss manual

Hi. All of you should goto www.kitchenaid.com and enter your model# into the search window. You can download Operators and Parts manuals for your model. Kitchenaid does not provide Service Manuals but the parts drawings will be very helpful with disassembly and reassembly.

If this solution has assisted you, please rate. ricardok45

Answer 5 · 4/7/2008 12:00:00 AM

Anonymous

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Posted on Apr 07, 2008

SOURCE: kitchenaid mixer k45ss slow gear

If you look into the brush holder you will see a stopper at the botom ,(this is so when brushes are wore the spring is not driven into armature) .. the brushes have to be inserted so the groove is lined up , try that

Answer 6 · 8/25/2008 12:00:00 AM

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Posted on Aug 25, 2008

SOURCE: I have a Kitchenaid Professional

hi

there is a ring clamp on top of the main worm follower gear on the drive shaft. you might not see it due to the grease.

you need to get one of those weird little pliers with points on them to spread the ring clamp to remove it. Then the gear is just friction fit on the shaft...it's pretty tight. I carefully used a screwdriver to slowly separate the main follower gear from the lower gear and it goes up the shaft....

after a bit you can wiggle the follower gear by hand and it will come up. Then you can see there is a pin holding the drive gear underneath it in place. The pin in my mixer was actually bent (must have been some tough dough).

then you reverse the process to put the gear back on -- except that the top follower gear has to go on the pin in the right orientation or the ring clamp won't fit.

buy your parts from mendingshed.com

hope it helps.

Answer 7 · 11/30/2008 12:00:00 AM

Dan Hudson

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Posted on Nov 30, 2008

SOURCE: Repair manual for a KitchenAid K45SS stand mixer

You should be able to look up your manuals HERE

Answer 8 · 1/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

BOB BROWER

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Posted on Jan 15, 2009

SOURCE: Hobart A200 Worm Gear Shredding Brass Gear

no there are no adjustments . you must have bent the case just a little , i dont see any good news for you , sorry . i have worked on hobart mixers for years and you should get 5-10 years out of that gear

Answer 9 · 3/22/2009 12:00:00 AM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2009

SOURCE: Need Kitchenaid k45ss manual

Hi. All of you should goto www.kitchenaid.com and enter your model# into the search window. You can download Operators and Parts manuals for your model. Kitchenaid does not provide Service Manuals but the parts drawings will be very helpful with disassembly and reassembly.

If this solution has assisted you, please rate. ricardok45

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