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KitchenAid K5-A Service Manual

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Trouble
Possible Cause Remedy
BEATER
STRIKES
BOWL
OR
Adjusting screw at rear
of
pedestal not Turn the adjust
in
g screw s
ligh
tty to
ri
ght
TOO
MUCH
CLEARANCE
properly
se
t.
or left to
ad
just clearance. Clearance shou
ld
be 1/16 inch.
Steel plate on tongue
of
gear case and
Driv
e
out
the hin
ge
pin attachi
ng
the gear
motor frame loose.
case and motor frame to the pedestal.
Separate them. Check the
riv
ets holding
the steel plate. If loose, support the flat
heads
of
the rivets on a steel block and
peen the other end
s.
PLANETARY
TURNS
BUT
Pinion gear drive pin broken.
Re
mov
e planetary and take
off
the pinion
BEATER
DOES
NOT
gear. Re
pl
ace the drive pin.
REVOLVE
MIXER
RUNS
WITH
RASPY,
Ge
ar 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 contr
ol
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 adjustment improperly set. Remove end cover and plug in cord. The
ON
LOW
SPEED
BUT
planetary should revolve at about 60
RP
M
OK
ON
HIGH
at the No. 1 position. To adjust, turn
in
the control plate adjusting
sc
rews 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 O
FF
and ob-
serve the governor
as
it recedes when the
armature slows down. The outer plate
mu
st move
in
smoothly,
wi
thout 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
an
d check
HIGH
SPEED
control plate spring.
If
unhooked, attach
to
top
of
the control plate and squeeze
the
sp
ring end.
Welded contacts. Observe operations
of
control plate con-
tacts when switch knob
is
turned from
high
to
low speed. If cont
ac
ts d
on'
t sepa-
rate, contacts are welded. Replace the
control plate assembly.
Short-circuited condenser. Disconnect one yellow conden
se
r lead
and turn switch knob to
No
. 1 position.
If
mixer jumps
to
high speed when loose
lead
is
touched to other lead
s,
the co
n-
denser
is
shorted and should be rep
la
ced.
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KitchenAid K5-A Specifications

General IconGeneral
ModelK5-A
TypeStand Mixer
Bowl Capacity5 quarts
Speeds10
Attachments IncludedFlat Beater, Dough Hook, Wire Whip
Color OptionsWhite

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