My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound, so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! It's
all cracked to hell. And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

I found the parts at Sears: $13 for the housing, but $30 for the gear.
I hate to spend $50 with shipping to get another plastic housing.
Anyone know of a cheaper source?

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:32:26 GMT, wrote:
My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound, so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! It's
all cracked to hell. And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

I found the parts at Sears: $13 for the housing, but $30 for the gear.
I hate to spend $50 with shipping to get another plastic housing.
Anyone know of a cheaper source?

search the web.

For example:
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/

search the web.

For example:
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/

I know, but the prices vary wildly. That's why I was wondering if
some of you who are in the know when it comes to appliance parts has a
favorite place to buy from.

AZ Nomad wrote in message ...
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:32:26 GMT, wrote:
My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound,
so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! It's
all cracked to hell. And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

I found the parts at Sears: $13 for the housing, but $30 for the
gear.
I hate to spend $50 with shipping to get another plastic housing.
Anyone know of a cheaper source?

Did you try KitchenAid? I needed the metal plate that the mixing bowl
attaches to, and it was reasonable and came quickly. I also used them
for the wire beater, and same results. It has been awhile though.

Cheri

Did you try KitchenAid?

I just sent them an email through their website. I'm going to put the
mixer back together and wait to hear from them before I spend $50 for
the parts.

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:32:26 GMT, wrote:

My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound,


There's a funny typo there. As it is, it sounds like it was you rather
then the mixer that was giving her poor performance and making a
clunking sound.

[snip]

wrote in message
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My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound, so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! It's
all cracked to hell. And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

I found the parts at Sears: $13 for the housing, but $30 for the gear.
I hate to spend $50 with shipping to get another plastic housing.
Anyone know of a cheaper source?


To put things into perspective, $50 is not bad to fix anything nowadays.
Forget it you need to have it serviced elsewhere - I'll bet its cheaper to
buy a new one as it was the case with my new weed whacker that was refused
under warranty.

My refrigerator broke and would have cost around $500 for a 10 minute
service charge to replace a $90 part would it not for the recall. A friend's
main circuit breaker went bad and cost him $800 to have it replaced - $40
for parts and under 15 minutes to replace. He already told the electrician
that the main was bad but was still charged $250 for diagnostics on top of
the $100 plus traveling cost. Service charges are getting crazy out here.

On Aug 3, 5:32*pm, wrote:
My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound, so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! *It's
all cracked to hell. *And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

I found the parts at Sears: $13 for the housing, but $30 for the gear.
I hate to spend $50 with shipping to get another plastic housing.
Anyone know of a cheaper source?

I don't know if this is the same mixer that you have, but it shows a
metal housing, and it's 2.5 times the price.
http://www.goodmans.net/get_item_ka-...-gear-hous.htm

R

There's a funny typo there. As it is, it sounds like it was you rather
then the mixer that was giving her poor performance and making a
clunking sound.

LOL! You're right.

I don't know if this is the same mixer that you have, but it shows a
metal housing, and it's 2.5 times the price.
http://www.goodmans.net/get_item_ka-...-gear-hous.htm

R


Yes, it is the right one. THANKS! That's a great price for metal,
considering the cost of the plastic one. Definitely the weak link of
the machine.

On Aug 3, 2:32*pm, wrote:
My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound, so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! *It's
all cracked to hell. *And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

I found the parts at Sears: $13 for the housing, but $30 for the gear.
I hate to spend $50 with shipping to get another plastic housing.
Anyone know of a cheaper source?

I would forget repairing the mixer.........what year is it?

My suggestion is buy a low mileage (most are) mixer 'cuz lots of
people get them for wedding presents & don't use them much.

I would suggest a unit made ~1980-ish on ebay. Either a K45 or a K5A.

My mom had one from the 1950's, my dad worked for Hobart for a while.
That one went to my lab the early 90's after having sat in the garage
for a long time. My mom got a new one early 80's I think. Mine is
from ~1978. Both sisters have 1970's models (one cooks, the other
doesn;t)
I got a spare ~1970 model on ebay. And I've got my eye on my
mom's.

All have given great service, no trouble....I did repack the gear
boxes on my two machines in the early 2000's. Metal housings & gears.

My wife used it a lot more when the kids were still here by she still
bakes a fair amount.

The fact that the mixer self-destructed leads me to don't
waste your time & money on a repair, might happen again,

cheers
Bob

BobK207 wrote in message
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On Aug 3, 2:32 pm, wrote:
My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound,
so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! It's
all cracked to hell. And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

I found the parts at Sears: $13 for the housing, but $30 for the
gear.
I hate to spend $50 with shipping to get another plastic housing.
Anyone know of a cheaper source?

I would forget repairing the mixer.........what year is it?

My suggestion is buy a low mileage (most are) mixer 'cuz lots of
people get them for wedding presents & don't use them much.

I would suggest a unit made ~1980-ish on ebay. Either a K45 or a K5A.

My mom had one from the 1950's, my dad worked for Hobart for a while.
That one went to my lab the early 90's after having sat in the garage
for a long time. My mom got a new one early 80's I think. Mine is
from ~1978. Both sisters have 1970's models (one cooks, the other
doesn;t)
I got a spare ~1970 model on ebay. And I've got my eye on my
mom's.

All have given great service, no trouble....I did repack the gear
boxes on my two machines in the early 2000's. Metal housings & gears.

My wife used it a lot more when the kids were still here by she still
bakes a fair amount.

The fact that the mixer self-destructed leads me to don't
waste your time & money on a repair, might happen again,

cheers
Bob
***********
I've had my KitchenAid for almost 25 years, and no problems except the
metal plate that holds the bowl, and the wire whip finally broke.

Cheri

wrote in message
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My wife has a KitchenAid Professional 600 watt stand mixer.
I started giving her poor performance and making a clunking sound, so
I opened it up.

For such a beefy machine, the transmission housing is plastic! It's
all cracked to hell. And unfortunately, the worm gear is stripped.

KItchenAid is now part of Whirlpool.
Nuf sed

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:29:18 -0700, Frank wrote:

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To put things into perspective, $50 is not bad to fix anything nowadays.
Forget it you need to have it serviced elsewhere - I'll bet its cheaper to
buy a new one as it was the case with my new weed whacker that was refused
under warranty.

My refrigerator broke and would have cost around $500 for a 10 minute
service charge to replace a $90 part would it not for the recall. A friend's
main circuit breaker went bad and cost him $800 to have it replaced - $40
for parts and under 15 minutes to replace. He already told the electrician
that the main was bad but was still charged $250 for diagnostics on top of
the $100 plus traveling cost. Service charges are getting crazy out here.


I remember having a cheap watch that came with a lifetime warranty.
You could return it to the manufacturer (in China?) for repair or
replacement at any time, enclosing $5.95 for postage and handling.

A new watch cost $2.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent
force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov

My suggestion is buy a low mileage (most are) mixer 'cuz lots of
people get them for wedding presents & don't use them much.

Generally speaking, these things are not readily available for
KitchenAid stuff. Or is overpriced.