KL26M1XOB5 KitchenAid Mixer - Instructions

it just screw in.

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.

Remove screw at back of mixer,remove metal sleve and remove three more screws (front and sides. remove screws and plastic cap of gear box then remove holding ring in post and remove damaged ring installation is opposed of removal.

Took top apart and installed new housing and two gears. Reassembled

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

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.

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

disassembled unit gear head and replaced broken part, then reassembled

The repair is actually quite simple. The Snap Ring Pliers are essential. Make sure you clean out all the old grease in the machine and replace with new grease. The metal dust will act like sandpaper and destroy your new gear. There are several videos on YouTube which go through the process of repair and part replacement, I found these quite helpful. Good luck! DIY!!!!

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.

The appliances belong to my neighbor who had no papers/manuals so I was on my own to figure out how to even get the machine apart and to find the correct nomenclature for the parts I needed. The PartSelect diagrams on the web site told me everything I needed to know. The key to the dis-assembly was the band around the center of the machine. After I discovered that, the band came off easily followed by splitting of the casing. One the first machine it appeared that the circuit board/switch assembly was in bad shape looking like it had been over heated at one time. As a test, I took the electric component out of the machine that would run and put it on the dead mixer. Beauty, it worked. OK so much for the easy one. On the machine that would only turn part way, I split the transmission housing by removing four small bolts and found that the worm gear was partially stripped. So, I ordered a new gear, switch assembly and transmission gasket since the old one was torn during my dis-assembly process. I don't have any snap ring pliers, so the snap ring(retaining ring) was taken off using a large screw driver and a a pair of slip joint pliers. Worked well, but I was afraid that the old retaining ring may have been damaged, so I ordered a new one. Good idea, since I broke the old one trying to put it back on. When all of the parts were installed, I filled the voids with heavy grease and put it all back together. Both mixers now work perfectly which saved the owners several hundred dollars. They had planned on replacing them both for use at their restaurant. I am now a fan of PartSelect because of the ease at which I, a novice had been able to find and get the correct parts, and the speed at which they arrived. I am also very impressed with the Kitchen Aid mixers because it appears the they are very well made, and are easily repaired if they do break. I was surprised to find a small appliance that is repairable. Many are now just throw away quality. I am a hero to my neighbors (they don't know how easy this was) and will keep the refrigerator magnet that was included with my parts order, for future repairs.

Worm gear strips usually after the lower gear housing breaks. Tore down cleaned grease and shrapnel out, replace stripped worm gear and lower housing. It's convenient that the lower housing plate comes assembled with new bushing and gear. This is now the third one of these expensive mixers I have repaired, word got out that I fix them, and this is a very common problem. Repairs have been for friends and Church, so I don't charge any labor, it's kind of fun, messy, but fun. Note to Kitchen Aid: Please strengthen lower gear case.

removed the cover, separated the gear casing, cleaned the gears, replaced the thrust bearing kit and worm gear, greased all and reassembled. Wish I would have known to order the grease, it would have saved a couple bucks in shipping.

After trying to make a batch of heavy frosting, my KitchenAid mixer final stopped turning. After watching a video of how to change the grease in a similar model on PartsSelect and seeing it wasn't that hard to take apart, I decided to give it a try myself. Removing the cover exposed a completely worn gear drive. Luckily, it was easy to determine which parts needed replacing and PartSelect sent them in no time. Once I put everything back together, it sounded terrible which was pretty tough to take. As it turned out, the problem was flecks of metal from the gear were still in the grease and were getting caught in the mechanism. Once I thoroughly cleaned all the grease out and gave it some fresh grease the machine worked great. Much better than before. I only wish I had swapped the grease out at the same time. Thank you PartsSelect for saving me hundreds of dollars on a new machine!

Noticed worm gear was worn out, ordered the parts, it came very next day. On YouTube instructions were very easy to follow. Important point to remember,I washed the parts in water with chlorine in it. Retaking ring was tough to take out, as I did not have parrot beak plier, could not find it at Home Depot or Lows. Putting the retaining ring I used circular nut driver, to press it on the shaft to slide down by hammering it. While assembling follow the instruction step by step from the you tube. Machine works smoothly. Performing well. Thanks to part select, excellent web page, efficient delivery. I would recommend them to all.