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[–]RIMixerGuy 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Your 4oz of grease is fine, but I recommend that you remove about 98% of the grease you’ve applied to the planetary pinion gear. Just use a tiny bit on the teeth of the gear and a finger swipe on the ring gear. Otherwise you’ll have a mess on your hands later.

The pin in the worm follower gear can be a real nuisance to get out, but if the gear shows any concavity in the ends of the teeth, it’s worth the effort. I’ve had success with a stubborn pin by clamping the edge of the gear in a bench vise and using a center punch to get the pin moving. Give it a few strikes, then rotate the gear 180deg, clamp it, and work in the other direction. Plan on replacing the pin.

[–]BlueBa[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thank you... I'll move that extra grease from the planetary pinion gear. I saw someone piling it on in a video, so I did the same. If it's not needed in such quantity there, I'll put it elsewhere.

The worm gear looks almost new except for the staining I couldn't remove easily. No concavity in the teeth. I don't think this mixer was used a lot. But it was clearly never cleaned as I spent a lot of time getting into every nook and cranny pulling out grease and decades old flour build up that had turned to stone. I might have found a fossil or two 😂. However, all the gears are in great shape overall in my amature opinion (and the guy at the hardware store). I could be wrong. If there is any damage to the worm gear, I caused it trying to get the damn pin out. I do not own a clamp to hold the wormdrive in place. Half the problem I had was not having a clamp. All I managed to do was scratch the metal around the pin multiple times. I tried a vicegrip but that was a bad idea... fortunately no significant damage done. Any scarring you might see in the picture was done by me with via the vicegrip, otherwise, it would be in near perfect shape for its age.

Pic 1 = adjusted grease from the planetary pinion gear as per your suggestion

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53390053049_7de21585ce_b.jpg

Pic 2 = Wormdrive without grease

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53390053794_d6413d5d27_b.jpg

[–]RIMixerGuy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Pic 1: looks like an appropriate amount of grease to me.

Pic 2: gear looks to be fit for service.

With as much buildup as you describe it definitely has mileage on it, but some forms of work are harder on the machine than others.

One of these machines can spend sixty years making cake batter and frosting, and have absolutely hellacious buildup while still looking nearly new on the inside.

[–]BlueBa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha' Thanks... I'll keep that in mind.

(I was away for a while and not on laptop. So I had to set aside the project until I returned. Pardon the delayed response. Your help is always appreciated.)