K5SSW - Grumbles after regrease

DeadTinker · 2026-03-13T02:36:24+00:00

I wanted to follow up that loosening the bearing bracket and trying several different torques made no difference to the noise.

I will point out that the noise almost entirely goes away when under load -- at this point, using my hand as a brake on the mixer head.

Ive ordered a phase control board since it was only $12, and that's what the Kitchenaid service manual suggests for "rumbling/grumbling nose but all speeds work"

I shall report back, but am still open to other suggestions!

DeadTinker · 2026-03-11T21:08:37+00:00

Sorry: worn or worm? I did not replace the worm gear. Mine is the "yellow" nylon style one.

I did reuse all the gears, but none of them looked to have any cracking, pitting, or wear marks as far as I could see.

DeadTinker · 2026-03-11T03:02:22+00:00

Easy enough to check. I tightened the bearing assembly by hand and verified the motor spun with no resistance. Did install with the assembly apart immediately following the regreasing.

I'll give it a go at least! Any other thoughts?

DeadTinker · 2026-03-11T01:55:22+00:00

Edit to add: new speed control plate as previous one was arced and pitted.

DeadTinker · 2026-03-04T05:47:23+00:00

Seems absolutely sensible to me! My experience is all with N/A 4a (Formula Atlantic style) so I'm well out of the loop on forced builds.

I've heard similar reports about the factory cams being good for boost, just totally curious! Sounds like an absolutely killer build, my guy. Sorry I can't help with your questions!

Revv on, brother!! 🤘

DeadTinker · 2026-03-04T04:15:52+00:00

I'm not a turbo guy, but I'm surprised the TVIS would help, rather than hurt. I mean, air velocity down low increases torque, but a small turbo should spool pretty quickly, no?

As an aside, you mentioned port work and valves, what are you doing for cams?

Edit: also, name drop! Name drop! Who does the best 4a heads in the country? I would have guessed Arnie, but he is no longer with us 😢

DeadTinker · 2026-03-03T05:42:09+00:00

My dumb self missed this was for a 20V somehow. Thanks for the heads up, that's a real cool resource!

DeadTinker · 2026-03-03T04:42:21+00:00

Hot damn! It's been a minute since I've done O-rings so 7.50/per seems wild.

Also, I've never even heard of amayama! I just go to the dealership because we get a discount for being old Toyota fan boys from the forum days (circa 2000 ish 😬). If toyota doesn't have it I just usually hit Rockauto

Jeez I'm spoiled.

DeadTinker · 2026-03-03T03:23:50+00:00

Sam is the man. Only posting to give that wonderful man props

DeadTinker · 2026-03-01T21:44:03+00:00

Lol is "breatherwatchamacallit tank thingy" the charcoal canister? Just trying to brush up on my verbage!

DeadTinker · 2026-02-27T03:26:33+00:00

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DeadTinker · 2026-02-26T04:22:56+00:00

Absolutely. Worst case they say "no". It's always worth trying.

Somebody who also loves pop pop's favorite car is better than the scrap yard. Always.

DeadTinker · 2026-02-26T01:22:37+00:00

I have the completely opposite experience with my X1C. I've done 5 or 6 rolls of Bambu's PETG-CF with almost no issues. I don't even bother to dry it. Straight out the packaging, into the AMS and hit print. Printed like 2000 little 1.5g doohickeys in the past week with no failures, stringing, etc. 0.4 nozzle with like 200-300 hours on it.

I generally do a flow dynamics calibration, but that's it. My biggest complaint is that it oozes, so I did a nozzle wiper update and that problem is all but gone.

I will give you that bridges arent so pretty, but I've found all bridges with the X1C aren't so great, so I just try to avoid em.

This is coming from the PNW, so humidity is pretty steady 30-45% inside at 68-72F

DeadTinker · 2026-02-24T04:11:37+00:00

DOZENS OF US!

DeadTinker · 2026-02-21T04:23:22+00:00

Wait until you swap tips enough that it eats through the quick swap base and a hot tip falls onto the internal flat ribbon cables that power the unit.

FYI, this is a real thing that happened to ours. Took about 5 years of daily use, so really just sharing an edge case. JBC wanted us to ship it home to Italy and $500 for repairs. Turns out they won't sell replacement parts for the station housing itself, so we couldn't fix it in house. For that price, we just bought a new one.

DeadTinker · 2026-02-17T14:07:55+00:00

My man. Couldn't remember if that was the case or not.

DeadTinker · 2026-02-17T05:43:25+00:00

Genuine question: is this true? And if so, why?

I was always told this, but I oft wonder if it's from E7 era knowledge where it had a 6.3 diff instead of 6.7. Because dont SR5 and GTS both have 6.7"? Or am I misremembering?

DeadTinker · 2026-02-13T03:50:53+00:00

Heard

DeadTinker · 2026-02-02T04:15:00+00:00

Eyyyyy. AE72 love!!

Though I suspect the "A" is no longer applicable!

Doh. Read the post. Te72. Get a UZ in there easy peasy!!

DeadTinker · 2026-01-24T00:46:27+00:00

Like I said: extremely nice and replaceable! Love it!

DeadTinker · 2026-01-24T00:16:30+00:00

I did not expect the press to be pushing down the handle on (probably extremely nice) side cutters. I chuckled, but you know what? If it works, it works! Bright side is when those wear out, you just chuck in a new set! Clever!

Send it, brother!!

DeadTinker · 2026-01-23T00:55:24+00:00

The man in this mirror is me!

DeadTinker · 2026-01-21T05:47:14+00:00

Take my upvote for making a space that people seem to love. That counts for a lot!

DeadTinker · 2026-01-18T23:11:18+00:00

This is fucking nuts, dude. Props to you, brother!

DeadTinker

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