Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> I have never been happy with one aspect of my KA stand mixer: the flat
> beater doesn't clean the sides or bottom of the bowl. I have to stop
> it periodically and run a rubber spatula down the sides and bottom to
> bring in the unincorporated ingredients. It also makes a clanging
> noise, but I can't figure out what it could possibly be clanging
> *against* if it's not cleaning the bottom or sides of the bowl. The
> manual says it's "adjusted at the factory so that the flat beater just
> clears the bottom of the bowl" and then gives instructions for
> adjusting the clearance if it's too far away from the bowl, which it
> appears to be, *but* what's making the clanging sound?
>
> I will cheerfully admit that I am the least mechanically ept person I
> know (my boss is ever alert to my occasional physical assaults on
> various pieces of recalcitrant office equipment, as my "fix-it"
> repertoire is limited to giving the offending equipment a good whack).
> But given the "clanging," dare I use the suggested method of turning
> the screw slightly to the right? And how "slight" is "slightly"? 1/4
> turn? 1/2 turn? I have visions of getting it so utterly out of plumb
> that I might as well throw it out and start over ;-D
>
> TIA,
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
Go to alt.bread.recipes. There is a poster there that regularly takes apart
his KA for maintenance and has published directions for various problems
somewhere on the web. I can't remember which male poster it is. If Dee Dee
is reading this, she may remember.
Janet