4KD2661XMC3 KitchenAid Mixer - Instructions

Removed plastic cover, removed grease and put in new mixer and put new cover back on.

Took screw off band. This revealed 4 screws to upper housing. Removed 4 screws and lifted upper housing off . To my surprise I found no screws holding gear housing cover in place. You could tell they were there at one time. Should be 4. I removed cover disasembled what was left of gears. Cleaned old grease ordered parts. Thought since there was only 1 screw on diagram it would ship 4. No big deal. After recieving parts further inspection revealed no screws holding motor in place. This blows me away. Anyway off to local hardware store for more screws. Got home slapped it togethere in 10 minutes. Ordered this off TV about 6 years ago. They must have had it in for repair and forgot to put it back together. All that aside it runs better than ever. Thanks much Michael

I did not do the repair myself, however, I contacted a suggested service company which in turn was a company I had used before when I had problems with my JenAir microwave. Excellent service, prompt and very professional. Thank you JenAir for your assistance in providing promptly the parts needed to complete this job.

Simply placed it in the slot and pounded until firmly in with a soft mallet. Thanks to your site I was able to find the piece easily and very inexpensively. Thank you so much. I would die if I couldn't fix this machine.

disassembled unit gear head and replaced broken part, then reassembled

You must have new bevel gear and can of food grade grease, ordered together. 1. Remove screw from back of mixer, holding the trim band; remove band. 2. Remove four screws holding the top cover. 3. Remover cover 4. Remove two screws holding the pc board and motor speed control; lift board out of the way. 5. Remove four screws holding gear cover; remove cover. 6. Remove as much gear grease as is accessible; discard. 7. Remove snap ring from vertical shaft holding bevel gear. 8. Remove horizontal shaft/gear by lifting straight up. 9. Remove bevel gear by sliding up shaft. 10. Remove cross pin holding lower gear. 11. Remove lower gear by sliding up shaft. 12. Remove vertical shaft and rotating head by tapping on top of shaft. 13. Clean all grease from gear case and on all gears (ground metal from bevel gear will be in this grease). 14. Clean all grease from inside gear cover. 15. Making certain gear case is now clean of all old grease, use putty knife to place grease in bottom of gear case. 16. Rub light coat of grease on vertical shaft and slide shaft back up into bottom housing. 17. Slide lower bearing back down vertical shaft. 18. Reinstall cross pin holding lower gear. 19. Place grease on lower gear. 20. Slide bevel gear down vertical shaft, making certain recess in underside of bevel gear lines up and sits completely over top of lower gear; when the bevel gear is fuly seated the snap ring groove will just be showing on the vertical shaft. 21. Reinstall snap ring. 22. Lightly grease shaft of both ends og horizontal shaft/gear; make certain ball bearing on front of shaft is also greased. 23. Slide ball bearing, spacer and bronze bushing on front of horizontal shaft. 24. Silde bronze bushing on opposite end of horizontal shaft (flange on bronze bushing is placed facing the gear). 25. Place assembled horizontal shaft/gear into lower gear housing. 26. Liberally grease all gears, 27. Replace gear cover, replace screws. 28. Replace pc board and motor speed control. 29. Plug mixer in and run on lowest speed for at least 10 minutes;increase speed until satisfied gears ar running smoothly. 30. Replace top cover and trim band. Bake something

removed the cover as stated in the e-mail and followed their recommendations on how to do the repair, the hardest part was removing the retainer clip, job went smoothly. thanks

First of all, go to the web site and download the schematics of the model #. It will show all the parts and part #s. Secondly watch a u tube video of the actual strip down process of the professional 600 series stand mixer. With this knowledge, do one of two processes 1: strip down the machine, remove the gears and check for defects- order parts. Or 2: replace all the parts( little money) and have a totally refurbished , smooth running mixer. I kept the good used gears for spares. I replaced 90 % of the internals ( including motor) and have a smooth running machine. I initially burned out the mother 2 months after initial purchase, sent it back under warentee, and received it back . Wen I stripped it down 10 years later, there was very little grease in the gear housing. This is what probable ruined the gears. Use plenty of grease in the housing and gears. The grease is one of the most expensive items, but you can't find it anywhere, so order it, along with everything else, from Parts Select.

Removed top cover, remove snap-ring on shaft, slide top gear and worm gear off. Clean all the grease out and clean parts. Installed new worm gear and parts. Repacked with new grease, careful not to much, leaving room for expansion.

Open the package with the new screw and it looked like the screw was wider. I tried it to see if it goes in and as long as you screw it straight in, there was no problem.

The KitchenAid is "old school" in that it is held together with simple (but very stout) bolts and screws. I removed about 10 such fasteners, slipped off the gear retainer, and pulled it out. On Sunday, a very nice customer service rep helped me order the right part, but I did the rest on line in a matter of seconds. It shipped on Monday and arrived on Wednesday. Took about 10 minutes to put everything back. I REALLY WISH everything was this easy in 2012!!!

I looked on line found the product sent in information and 3 days later was in my mailbox,great service and ease of ordering. thanks marjorie

Easy repair that replaced the variable speed switch. The broken switch only ran at high speed. To replace the mixer would cost at least $500. The new switch was $45 and was an easy install. I marked the four electrical leads with a Sharpie and loosened the two screws holding the switch. The repair was super easy. It was like heling an old friend recover from an illness.

Great experience. Reasonable cost. Quick delivery. Would certainly use PartSelect again

replaced Speed control board. less than 40.00 took ten minuets from the time I started until we were making cookies.