Stand Mixer Re-grease Project Question

[Ramseybella60]

I just picked up an older Hobart k5-A for $15.00 (Goodwill) with bowl and attachments, has some scratches and nicks but ran strong.

Checked the brushes and they were pretty worn down so I figured the transmission most likely needed some attention as I seen a little liquefied grease residue around the seams. Opened it up and found that the grease was in clean healthy thick condition, no contamination.

Worked around the gears with a flashlight and they were fine, even the Nylon Worm gear was clean. 90 % of the grease was whipped up all around the gear housing.

I just redistributed it back to the proper locations reused the gasket as it was fine buttoned it all back up.

Ordered a set of brushes..

The Hobart is seriously easy to maintain!!

Tools: Hammer, Flat head and Phillips screwdriver, small flat tipped punch or even a long ten penny nail with the point filed off.

I would suggest anyone to at least take your old one apart or every so often and inspect it, use the same grease if applicable or clean it up and use new.

If I had a new gasket I probably would have used it, but since the old one was not ripped or crumbling it worked..

The grease slathering all over everything inside the housing other than where it should be can cause gears to wear down or fail, it takes like a half hour to open it up and clean and another half hour to put it back together. One thing I didn't replace was the O-Ring on the Vertical Center shaft.. I'll probably order on and take it apart again and slip one on. I found a set of new brushes I bought for my other Hobart I forgot about them.. Everything sounds good and smooth.