The rod came out of the neck of Kitchenaid Artisan. I cannot get it back through -- it goes in one side and should come out the other, but gets caught on ridges on the inside. The top of the mixer(that is horizontal to the counter) is hanging precariously. How can I get this rod back in to support the top?
Raise the top while sliding the pin back in. You will need to play with the correct angle in order to get it in all the way. mine won't go in if it's all the way down nor all the way up. it needs to be somewhere in the middle.
Mine comes out almost every time I use it. To re-insert it, I turn on the mixer to its slowest setting and use a hammer or other hard, blunt object to push it back in.
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You probably just need a new Shear Pin. This is just a small steel pin like a nail that goes through the gear and the drive shaft. If the strain on the final drive exceeds specs, the pin shears through and thereby saves damage to the gears and motor.
Sorry, that answer was for someone else. The only things I've seen to cause high speed running are out of adjustment screws at the top or the bottom of your control plate or the phase board. Start point for the top screws is 8 full turns in from being not even in the hole (both sides) and on speed 1 the bottom screw does not even touch that step in the flat rod that activates the switch and moves the control plate.
This could be the pivot rod between the head and the column being loose and out of place. Or it could be the hook activated by the lock lever not engaging properly. See the following Service Manual:
I an sorry but the only Rod in the back of a K45SS is the pivot hinge pin that holds the motor head onto the base. if it fell out then the answer is simple. Turn the mixer upside down and wiggle the base while sliding the pin back in. Once the pin is back in place, there is a set screw in the middle of the shaft that you can see while you are replacing the pin, turn this back down with a flat head screwdriver untill it is firmly against the hinge pin. The culprit of the problem is this set screw. It came loose and allowed your hinge pin to vibrate out and then fall down or fall out as you said. once the set screw is back in place you will be fine. To avoid this problem in the future you might remove the screw entirely and put a drop of "Lock-Tight" on it that will help hold the setscrew in place for a very long time.
The rod is the part that holds your mixer head to the base, turn the mixer over and you will see a small screw, loosen the screw and push or hammer the rod back until it is even with both sides of the mixer. Use a non metal hammer, then re-tighten the screw you loosened. it is a set screw that holds the pin in place. i would beleive that it is already loos or else you would not have the rod sticking out in the first place
It could be very easy. It maybe you have a the brush in the
wrong way round or they have simply run out. They are on the sides under the black plastic caps. Although they will fit in the hole any one of 4 ways
round, there is a key on one corner which means it will only go in one
direction. Use a torch to look into the hole before you put it back in. They shoud look like this : brush
i called kitchenaid. and i am repaired. lay mixer on its side. then you can see how rod needs to line up. loosten screw a bit if necessary. then tighten back up. very easy solution!
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