High Speed - KitchenAid K5-A Service Instructions Manual

Trouble Possible Cause Remedy
BEATER STRIKES BOWL OR
Adjusting screw at rear of pedestal not Turn the adjust ing screw sligh tty to right
TOO MUCH CLEARANCE
properly set.
or left to adjust clearance. Clearance shou ld
be 1/16 inch.
Steel plate on tongue of gear case and Drive out the hinge pin at taching th e gear
motor frame loose.
case and motor frame to the pedestal.
Separate them. Check the rivets holding
the steel plate. If loose, support the flat
heads of the rivets on a steel block and
peen the other ends.
PLANETARY TURNS BUT
Pinion gear drive pin broken. Remov e planetary and take off the pinion
BEATER DOES NOT
gear. Replace the drive pin.
REVOLVE
MIXER RUNS WITH RASPY,
Gear case cover internal gear teeth Remove the planetary and gear case cover.
BUMPY NOISE AT
worn or broken.
The complete gear case cover assembly must
PLANETARY
be replaced.
MIXER RUNS WITH
Faulty governor. Replace governor.
BAD VIBRATION AND
RUMBLING NOISE
MIXER RUNS ON
Dirty contacts. Clean the contacts as shown in Figure 5.
LOW SPEED BUT HAS
NO POWER
Bad electrical connections. Check the connections to the co ntrol
plate. Repair any loose connections.
If
the mixer still has no power after Replace the control plate assembly.
cleaning the contacts and checking the
connections, the contacts are faulty.
MIXER HAS NO POWER
Low speed adju stment improperly set. Remove end cover and plug in cord. The
ON LOW SPEED BUT
planetary should revolve at about 60 RPM
OK ON HIGH
at the No. 1 position. To adjust, turn in
the control plate adjusting screws an
equal amount.
Faulty governor. Turn the switch knob to No. 10 position
and hold out the control plate as far as
possible. Turn the knob to OFF and ob-
serve the governor as it recedes when the
armature slows down. The outer plate
must move in smoothly, without sticking,
until almost touching middle plate. If gov-
ernor is faulty, replace with new one.
MIXER RUNS ONLY ON
Control plate spring unhooked. Remove trim and end cover and check
HIGH SPEED
control plate spring. If unhooked , attach
to top of the control plate and squeeze
the spring end.
Welded contacts. Observe operations of control plate con-
tacts when switch knob is turned from
high to low speed. If con tacts don't sepa-
rate, contacts are welded. Replace the
control plate assembly.
Short-circuited condenser. Disconnect one yellow condenser lead
and turn switch knob to No. 1 position.
If mixer jumps to high speed when loose
lead is touched to other leads, the con-
denser is shorted and should be replaced.
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