JD and Beastlet:
Kitchen Aid 6 quart stand mixer
JD and Beastlet:
Trim band off
JD and Beastlet:
Top cover off
JD and Beastlet:
Grease on the OUTSIDE... hmm
JD and Beastlet:
Gearbox uncovered
JD and Beastlet:
Gearbox
JD and Beastlet:
Liftting out the worm gear
JD and Beastlet:
Out!
JD and Beastlet:
Lifting up hub gear
JD and Beastlet:
Oops - better take out the circlip first!
JD and Beastlet:
Circlip pliers
JD and Beastlet:
The jaws for the job
JD and Beastlet:
Circlip off
JD and Beastlet:
Removing the hub gear
JD and Beastlet:
A pin holds in the worm follower gear
JD and Beastlet:
Pin out
JD and Beastlet:
Pin clean
JD and Beastlet:
Removing the worm follower gear
JD and Beastlet:
Gears out
JD and Beastlet:
A little cleaner
JD and Beastlet:
Into the bath you go!
JD and Beastlet:
Acid swap with chop stick extension
JD and Beastlet:
I thought this was a crack, but it's just a casting mark
JD and Beastlet:
Gear housing, outside
JD and Beastlet:
Gear housing, inside - cleaned up
JD and Beastlet:
Broken dowel pin
JD and Beastlet:
Dowel pin location
JD and Beastlet:
Removing lower centre bearing
JD and Beastlet:
Lower centre bearing out
JD and Beastlet:
Lower rotating assembly out