Kitchenaid Stand Mixer maintenance

[Wild Bill]

Curious if anyone has ever done their own upkeep and maintenance on a kitchenaid stand mixer?
We’ve had ours for years and my wife and I have really put it through it's paces. I’m wondering how intensive the process is to tear down and grease everything properly.
I’ve watched a few videos and it didn’t look all too awful, but then again it’s hard to tell from an edited video truly how much time it’ll take for a rookie at it.
This guy has a pile of videos out there about it, but he does it as his job so I take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Caseknife]

I'd be interested as well, mine is 30 years old and the hinge is getting sloppy.

 

[rideold]

I did mine a couple of months ago for the first time. It wasn't terrible. I did end up having to buy a couple of parts when I put it back together because they were worn. Totally worth doing if you're mechanically inclined.

 

[thomas89]

Just did mine a couple weeks back. Really not bad. No idea this was supposed to be a semi regular task. My wife got this mixer from her mother when we moved in together in 2012.

I accidentally threw a washer away but ordered a new set from that website the guy in your video has. Super straightforward directions. Pretty interesting. I think all in I was at maybe $20?

Tips:

Rubber gloves
Laundry sink if possible with Dawn and a stiff bristle brush for degrease.
Lots of paper towels
Qtips

 

[Wild Bill]

Just did mine a couple weeks back. Really not bad. No idea this was supposed to be a semi regular task. My wife got this mixer from her mother when we moved in together in 2012.

I accidentally threw a washer away but ordered a new set from that website the guy in your video has. Super straightforward directions. Pretty interesting. I think all in I was at maybe $20?

Tips:

Rubber gloves
Laundry sink if possible with Dawn and a stiff bristle brush for degrease.
Lots of paper towels
Qtips



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How much did did it take from tear down to clean up?

 

[thomas89]

How much did did it take from tear down to clean up?

If I would have had all the parts/grease ready to go I would have easily had it done in a couple hours. I am not super mechanically inclined and needed to rewatch portions of the video multiple times. It was really not bad at all. I used almost all of a 6oz container of grease off amazon for the regrease.

 

[Wild Bill]

Thanks. I’m not too mechanically inclined either, but I’m confident enough to be dangerous. Figured this wouldn’t be too hard, but I wanna know what I’m getting into.

 

[Jamen]

Mr. Mixer has the best videos out there and normally has all the parts. Pretty straight forward on these machines.

 

[rideold]

I used super lube to do mine and I've found that it thins out a bit too much with use and can leak. I'll use some other food grade grease next time.