KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus & Pro 600 Re-Grease and Gear Replacement Guide: Pt 2/2
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- Welcome back to Mr. Mixer! Do you have a Professional 600 or Pro 5 Plus that's giving you issues? They require regreasing just like the tilt head models! In this two-part series, we go in-depth on how to dismantle the machine, grease and all, and what to look for while inspecting your machine! If you need any parts, tools, grease, or anything else check out our website with the link below!
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Thank you! I had a totally shredded gear and was able to fix the entire thing with your video. As a liberal arts major, that's saying something about how great the tutorial was haha.
😂😂 It was such a pleasure to help!
As a liberal arts major, now that you know how to work on a Kitchen Aid you might have a career! haha
You are the Bob Ross of mixer repair. 😊
This was a fantastic guide! Thank you. I will also keep your store in mind for any further repairs.
Great Video! Thank you for the supplies I ordered to clean and regrease my Professional 600 series! Very informative and well instructed!
Thanks for the video. It was very clear and easy to follow. I just fixed my mixer using your instructions. And more thorough than some others I found.
Thank you very much for a great instructional video. Do not stop making them.
Thanks for your video and parts resources! My Kitchenaid was my very first Christmas present from my husband. I got no help from the Kitchenaid website as far as certified repair options; and I could find no local small appliance repair that does mixers. Your videos helped me keep it in working order!!! Thanks again!
Awesome video Zach! I wondered how these amazing mixers worked and now the mystery is solved. You did a very thorough professional job and it's much appreciated! Take care, God bless!
I had a totally worn out worm gear. Your video helped me disassemble and reassemble them. Very helpful 😊
Thank you so much! Mom of 7 here just finished fixing my mixer thanks to you! Fixed my mixer for $30 instead of spending $400-$500 on a new one. God bless you!
I too found this to be one of the clearest, best explained repair videos that I've encountered. The planetary drive had dropped on my wife's #600 mixer so I drilled a hole through the housing and shaft and inserted a roll pin. Re-greased it per your instructions and expect many years of trouble free service. Thanks for the huge help.
Thank you for these videos! Well done and easy to follow! We ordered our grease and gasket from you and followed your video's step by step! We did it on our professional 600! Working better than before!!
Thank so much, Zack! I am thrilled to have done this repair myself! Your video is fantastic, so thorough! I really appreciate your expertise. My beveled gear had lost a chunk, so glad to have it fixed.
Absolutely the best Kitchenaid mixer stand teardown and rebuild on the web, great job! excellent commentary, excellent video, and great follow-up!
I appreciate you
Thank you for your video! Our KitchenAid is now back in the game. 😊
Definitely the best video on regreasing I've seen. Thanks so much!
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Excellent guide. I just re-greased my wife's mixer and it is much quieter and runs smoothly. Thanks for creating this!
Thank you very much, yours was the best described video for the process. Helped immensely
Forgot the order of reassembly ... these video guides are a great help! Thanks! Got mine back together and running smooth!
So happy to help!
Thank you so much for your 2 part tutorial. My wife KitchenAid Pro 600, the Worm Follower gear went bad. You made it easy to follow when to do the repair and greasing.
Hey Zack, ordered my parts on Wednesday and got them on Monday. Thanks for the quick turnaround! And thanks for this excellent video! Replaced the worm follower gear, replaced the grease and back in business!
My pleasure!
Thank you vary much for your help. I got my mixer fixed. My wife will be vary happy.
You're an excellent instructor and your videos are incredibly detailed. All the little details you point out like a shoulder on one side of something and so on helps the viewer (me!) understand why the parts go back together the way they do. Thank you so much!
great video. easy to understand, thorough, helpful. thanks!
Just got my planetary in the mail this afternoon from your online store and fixed it in no time thanks to you and your store!!! Thank you!!!!!
My pleasure! So happy to be of service!
Mr Mixit is AWESOME. Has some weird sound that my wife told me about, instead of buying a new unit, followed your videos, purchased some grease and new gear worm from Mr Mixit, degreased, replaced and greased all the parts. Works like a charm. Your videos were super easy to follow and entertaining - thanks for making it easy glad I found you on TH-cam - keep up he great work. I even purchased the silicone mat and cable tie - back in the good books with my wife 😉
Just the video we needed to get my hard working KitchenAid Professional 600 back in perfect working order!! Thank you
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Great Video; helped out a lot in getting my wife's mixer back up and running.
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I just repaired and regreased my 600 using your gear and kit in about an hour. Thanks so much for making it very easy for me!
So incredibly happy to help!!
You made me so happy today. Your tutorial is so well made and detailed, even this 63-year-old grandmother could easily follow your instructions. I got my mixer apart & cleaned up, then ordered the parts from you. Can’t wait to make bread again! Thank you so much.
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Great explanation, I will try it with my mixer.
I watched a ton of videos before starting this project, and I found yours to be the most comprehensive. I used it to guide me through the whole process. However, there were a couple really confusing parts for me like when you put the orbital back on and skipped the fact that you had already put the worm follower gear on off camera. I had to watch multiple times to figure it out. Also, maybe something to mention in future videos, I had to replace my gear housing which came with its own bushings. As an unmechanical female, it took me a long time to figure out that I didn’t need the old ones😂 All in all, this was a very good guide and I was able to get the job done and my mixer runs like a champ. Thanks
thank you for having great video's and supply of parts.
I purchased my Kitchen aid mixer Heavy duty 1997 bowl lift. I never knew It needed gear cleaning and regrease. Thank you great Tutorial
This was a fantastic set of videos that enabled me to re-grease and replace a worn gear on my wife's 20 year old mixer. Thank you so much. God bless . 👍
Happy to help!
Thank you. Great job. I did it! As a pro bike mechanic I salute you! I went through the whole process and forgot the rubber washer on the lower housing shaft. Took it a part an then forgot the snap ring. One sh*t and then the only f-bomb.
Thank you so much for these videos! As an owner of a cake business, my machine gets so much use. I was having weird noises and followed these videos and was able to fix it right up, my machine barely had any grease so I added some and voila! Really really appreciate it 😊
You should think about buying the commercial 8qt kitchenaid (KSM8990ER) if you run a cake business.
Mr mixer thank you so much for this videos, my mixer broke and the attachment par wasn't turning anymore, thanks to your video I got the parts and I was able to replace and apply new grease, the mixer runs smoother than ever
Such a pleasure to help!
Thank you so much….watching your videos & enjoyed every moment. U make it look so easy (😂I doubt, but I’ll try). Great professional videos 👏👏👏👏
Thanks much! Followed your lead and got my mixer back up and running. If I were a paper towel manufacturer I would totally sponsor you.
I appreciate you! Have a wonderful 4th!
Watched the video on disassembly and reassembly. Had a shredded worm follower gear. Ordered the gear, gasket, and grease directly here from Zach. Parts came in three business days. Everything fit perfectly! Well done Sir! You get a 5 star rating and my personal reference.
I appreciate you! Glad everything went well!
I got a super deal on a Pro 550 being sold on FB; the seller told me she only used it once a year to whip cream for T'giving. Using it to make bagel dough or fettuccine, it screamed something awful. Without a load, it was relatively quiet. After searching a lot, the concensus seemed to be old grease in a machine not used enough. I watched your videos, and I decided even being a 66-year-old woman, I could follow your instructions. Took the mixer apart, cleaned everything, even bought a new set of pliers to get that snap ring off and on (appreciate the advice about them pinging away). The old grease was black, chunky, and shiny as you described. Without your video, I'd never have known that black gunk was not right. I've got it all reassembled except waiting on the gasket. Thank you for an awesome, instructional, and useful videos. If all self-help videos were as good as this, repair folks would be out of jobs. Thank you again!
I appreciate your kind words, it's a pleasure to help
Thanks for this. Gave me confidence to take mine apart to inspect. Nothing is particularly wrong with it, but mine is a refurbished unit, bought cheap, so I have always been concerned about the condition of the “guts”. Inside the (metal) transmission housing, the white grease was not nasty or hardened, and there was no evidence of shavings or worn teeth. I didn’t see the need to take all the gears apart, so merely wiped off a bit of old grease and dabbed on a bit of new. Buttoned it back up and was done. Feel better about it. I appreciate your expertise - and willingness to share.
Just want to say thanks for the walk through. Did my fiancée's pro 5 plus and had to replace the worn hub gear. Next will be the inlaws' tilt head. Also loved the parts washer joke
Happy to help with the mixer and the laughs 😂
Excellent video! My husband thought I was crazy trying to do this myself! My Pro 600 was making a horrible screeching sound. Ordered a gasket and grease and tore it apart. Followed your easy and well explained 2 part video. Am happy to report my regressed was successful! Machine sounds brand new again! Thanks so much!
Such a pleasure to help!
610 stopped working and it was the notorious worm follower gear. The thrust bearing had lost some of its balls. I don't thing the worm follower gear is as hardened as the rest of the gears. It may be a sacrificial gear. Had tons of metal particles over 15 years. I used lacquer thinner for cleaning. Your videos are so great!
Thank you man, you're so helpful and so was your cameraman take care
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Thanks for making these excellent videos! So clear and informative.
I also regreased my 600 pro without any issues (so far). And just as you said, over-torquing the transmission housing screws is really easy and started to crack my plastic housing. Awful design, but thanks for the heads up.
Yea it was unfortunate, they hold up fairly well, but the metals ones never have issue! It was a pleasure helping out
Thanks a bunch! My new gear came in the mail today and I replaced it without a hitch! :)
Love to hear it!
Thanks for the great instructions!
Hello Mr. Mixer, Today I started the task of regreasing my wifes kitchenaid 550 HD she picked up at a Goodwill store. She was very happy that she got it for a fraction of the cost of a new one. When she plugged it up and turned it on, she found out it was a very loud whiner or, as I said, a screamer. So I watched your video and away I went. I got it apart and cleaned things up and found the worm gear a little worn. The worm follower, a lot worn. You could almost shave on its teeth. Whoever last worked on this put the ball bearing in with only one race. I later found the other race up in the top of the housing. Luckily the bearing in the top come out and while I was washing the grease out I noticed a little circle in the very top of the bearing hole. It was then that I found the missing bearing race. I should have waited till after I cleaned up the parts to order the parts I thought I would need to repair my wifes "new" mixer. I still have one little concern. The worm gear rides in a bushing type bearing on each end. The flat sides drop down into a groove on each side. Should there be close to 1/16 or 3/32 of an inch movement from side to side? I have tried to find a replacement housing and having no luck. Is this normal to have a lot of slop? The rounded part still won't fit down in the groove but I thought they needed to be closer to hold the worm gear tighter in place. By the way, I subscribed and gave you a thumbs up. Your video has been very helpful and I thank you. God bless you and be safe.
That should be ok if I'm reading that correctly. The worm gear will have some wiggle since it's 'free floating' just being held by the two ends sitting in the channels. Once you set it properly and have the head reassembled that should keep it place. If you don't feel like it's sitting properly you many need to switch the end caps/bearings around. If you'd like you can email us a picture or short video to double check.
Thank you for an amazing easy video!
Thank You so much, I did it replaced all part with help of your great video. Ethiopian 🇪🇹 mom of 3
Such a pleasure to help
Thank you so much. I'm a very proud 65 year old woman who just fixed my KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus, with the help of your concise tutorial. Cheers.
That's excellent! So happy to help!
Hi, Thank you so much. Very nice explanation 👍
What kind of grease should I use ?
Thanks great video this is alot of help Thanks again
My new Professional 600 is much quieter than my 2 year old Professional 5+, Guess it's time to grease wheezer! Thanks for sharing your knowledge Zack!
My pleasure!
Thanks so much for the excellent instruction. I did get a little grease on that green board. Is that a problem and how do I remove it without damaging that board?
Thank you for your detailed instructions, specifically the mention that too much grease will make it knock. That happened to me. Also, too much grease makes the attachment gear skip. Removing some grease fixed both.
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by far the best instructional video out there. The additional explanations go a long way in preventing an imbecile like me making stupid mistakes! Thank you!
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Regreased one of these I bought used off Kijiji and the grinding noise is gone, it runs smoother, and heats up slower too! Thanks!
Just wanted to say thanks! My wife's Pro 600 locked up when she was making dough for bread. I was able to replace the gear for $20 and some time as opposed to spending over $200 to have someone else fix it!
Happy to help
I inherited a KA Model 4C from my Mom which she inherited from my Grandmother. It still works great. I can see you have 2 at your desk of the same model I have. 😝
Ah yes! I have a few on my desk and maybe other on one of my shelves, they are neat little machines!
Thank you for sharing this! Mr. Mixer, my KitchenAid Artisan is tripping the circuit breaker every time I turn it on. Which part do you think I should replace?
Very cool ! Thank you
Very nice explanation. Thanks!
Thanks! You are very good at this, keep it up.
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Great video, put all new parts in , eliminated the head unit bobbing like crazy, but unit sounds noisey, does that mean I need to add more grease?
Great tutorial!
My professional 6 Kitchen Aid Had a plastic housing with no gasket under it. Is this normal? It has never been taken apart and there was no grease leakage.
My Pro 600 from 2010 just suddenly made weird clunking noises on high settings and spit out metal shards into the bowl. I was making buttercream frosting and it looked metallic. Glad I noticed before I used it and people cut their gums or intestines on it. It still seems to work fine on lower speeds, but yeah. Replace those gears with missing teeth before they end up in your digestive tract!
After seeing so many people online complain about the metal shards, I can't believe there hasn't been a class action lawsuit.
6:31 one thing to note here. It is important to note the gap when you put the pin back in and also when you install the split ring. If you push up on the planetary gear section and it moves then the reason your gears broke in the first place is likely due to the shaft of the planetary hub has pulled out of the crimp fitting. If you don’t replace the planetary hub or at least properly push the shaft back in then your gear will break again.
Great video, by the way!
This video was oddly satisfying to watch.
Many thanks for these videos, here in my country/region I don't trust in many repair shops so I prefer to do it myself, but I'm a little afraid of what I will found, what I will need to replace and where I can buy new parts to be send to Brazil, my wife's machine had some very heavy works las season.
Is there any special reaseon to you had changed the old down part to a new white one?
This video saved me $300! Much appreciated - One bad gear almost made me purchase a new mixer. So simple to fix, don't send it off - fix it yourself!
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I'm in the same boat. Wife's mixer is making a funny noise and there's no local places that service them. Its either I fix it myself or she's buying a new one 😂
@@DeltaGen42 you could always ship in to us! We can restore and upgrade to make it literal better than new! If you do purchase a new one consider shopping with us!
@@MrMixer316 well, I don't live in the US so, that might be a bit of a cost lol
@@DeltaGen42 oh gotcha! Well we can ship world wide 😉. What country are you in?
Great video. I have a 2017 KitchenAid Pro 600 6QT with a rare model number: KF26M2CCA. Costco bought. The worm follower gear is shot but, I can't find the part number for my rare model number. Are the worm follower gears for all Pro 600s more or less universal? Thanks for such a thorough video.
Super helpful. Thank you.
My pleasure!
Do you have a video that fixes the stirring mechanism that fell out of the KitchenAid mixer?
First, I love that you have this service and provide such a thorough video for those who want to tackle it themselves! Second, we are getting ready to clean and regrease my mom's 5 plus and found the tips of the worm gear had chipped and will need replaced. Aside from that, the machine has a repetitive ticking during operation but it doesn't seem to affect the movement of the planetary.... Is this likely tied to the damaged worm gear, or should we be looking for something more?
I did my pro series mix just like this. It had some metal shavings so I used a toothbrush and cleaned all the gears. Ended replacing the worm drive gear on the planetary (bottom gear under the beveled gear). The did not make bad noises before, but now it does 😳. Only thing I can think of is too much grease…. Otherwise I have no idea what’s wrong now.
If its making a knocking sound, remove some grease, especially up around the little thruster bearings that slide on the front of the worm gear
Gracias pude arreglar mi mixer de 5 años
You should lightly grease the main vertical shaft before putting it back in to help the seals and such. Might be a good idea to grease the lower planetary gear shaft as well as long as you have it apart.
I would also want to grease the worm gear shaft ends before putting the thrust bearing and bushings back on to lube the brass bushings. Also, pre grease the thrust bearing balls.
The accessory drive gear outer surface, and the top of the vertical shaft where it wears in the top housing should also be greased.
Otherwise, great video! ;)
Fantastic video. Now my KitchenAid doesn’t sound like a chain saw. ❤
Happy to help!
I just completed replacing the gears and regreasing a 15 year old 6 qt pro 600 deluxe.. seems to be running much better now. Thank you for sharing this video. have one question. when I finished, I noticed I still had round gasket left over. I didnt see it until I had the housing on. feels like it's made of some composite material. any idea where it goes?
There should be only one round fiber washer and it should be between the planetary and the lower housing
Had a pretty beat worm follower, replaced the whole gear set. Can't seem to get it to stop knocking now, which... isn't great. I was pretty conservative with the grease.
My mixer made screaming noises when being used. I checked the head with your video’s help, but it is working well. I found the noisy is from the head back. Two plastic gears are making this noisy. Do you know how to fix it? Thank you.
Hi I enjoy your video and learned a lot. I have a question, I have a Pro 600 that I've had for many years, The ASS-HUB Cover is always falling out. Can I use one of the modern one piece covers in place of the old hinged version that came with it? If so is any modification required? Thanks
Yep you can! Here's the link for it on our website (www.mrmixer.store/store-2den3/p/attachment-hub-cover) and you can just swap it out, no modifications needed!
Any advise if the mixer starts skipping gears? Is it the motherboard or gear? Will I damage the seal if I unscrew the gear housing?
I have a Professional 5 Plus that is close to 25 years old and has never been regreased. The part that holds the mixer attachment just fell off. Should I bother getting it regreased/repaired or just buy a new one for $240. Are the older models of a higher quality that is worth repairing? Thanks for any insight. Great video!
9:19 do you need to grease the worm gear shaft , bearing and washer bearing ?
And accessories shaft .
TL:DR: should the large gear on the worm gear be allowed to slip, or even be removed by hand?
Hey I've got a question about the worm gear. My girlfriend's mixer slips with any resistance and she had read people had issues with refurbished motors and ordered one and i put it in but it still has the same slippage with any amount of resistance. So I poked around with it opened up and found the slippage was in the large gear mounted to the rear of the worm gear. I was able to slide that off and found if I flipped it, I could tap it back on, but with a little more resistance (isnit a taoered shaft?), but not enough to remedy that the mixer stops with little resistance. I noticed in your video you did NOT pull this geat off so I'm curious if it's normal at all that I was able to pull it off by hand. I don't know if there's a built in level of force that is supposed to allow it to slip, but if that's the case, I suspect that the shaft in this one has worn from too much slippage. Thanks for any help!
hello. I have a question. my 6 quart is making a knocking sound. i believe its the worm gear im not sure how to fix it though. it only makes the sound when the top housing is installed. i dont think that there is too much grease though. how could i fix this knock? Thanks!
I just followed this, my gears are all factory original and in great shape. However, now that I'm trying to put it back together, the worm gear is being pulled into the other gears every time I turn it on. I'm not missing any parts and it doesn't matter how tight I have the transmission housing screwed down. I really need this mixer up and running. I've searched the internet and I can't find any advice for what is basically a "rocking" worm gear. My mixer ran perfectly before the re-grease so I wasn't addressing any issues when I pulled it apart. I really need my girl up and running. It's IDENTICAL in every way to the mixer you used for this video, right down to the color!
I have the correct bearings on each end, I've played with it and played with it but nothing is working. I can see how the housing "should" hold it in place once it's screwed down but that's not happening in my case. I know this is a "floating" gear but I can't imagine why it's being pulled into the other gears with adequate grease. I really, really need this girl back up so HELP!
Mine is doing the same. He did say that if it is "knocking" (or rocking) maybe there is too much grease. I'm going to check that tomorrow and try again.
@@robschmude9306 nothing has fixed mine so far. I just spent $65 on a new gear assembly because literally nothing else is working. I feel like an idiot for pulling it apart because it worked perfectly before I messed with it 😑
Hi! Followed all the instructions mixer is running! I do hear a very faint clicking noise when it is on low levels. Is this ok?
I’ve bought 2 different gears that are suppose to drop into the transmission housing and they do not just drop in. The gear I took out was very beat up. It came out and and drops in, easily. I have a pro 5 that would barely rotate. I got the parts from Amazon. What should I do?
Great video! I am going to get started on my Pro 600 this week. I am wondering why you didn't grease the shaft though? Everything else looked like it got a healthy helping of it. Thanks.
You certainly can! I do on occasion, you will find that once you disassemble that the shaft has a nice coating of oil on it so it's lubricated!
@@MrMixer316 Thanks! I wasn't sure if a hydrolic pressure problem would have been created by greasing the shaft as well. I don't see how, but wanted to make sure.
Top of the main vertical shaft and attachments shaft needs to be greased too 😊
I have a Kitchen Aid Professional 8 QT. After few minutes of work, it is heating up and smokes comes from the left side where the control knob is. It works but once it heating up it stops. What should I do?
10:54 If my machine has a plastic cover can I just order up a metal one or will it not fit the same? I have a Professional 600 with a plastic cover. The cover isn't broken yet but I wonder if I can upgrade to metal without having to buy a new planetary?
What's the difference between the grease you use and others? Yours looks whipped almost. A lot I've seen look kinda clearish and like regular thick grease. Are those okay to use?