In article >,
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?

Start it up dry, and slide a piece of paper down the side; you'll
quickly find out where (or if) the beater is hitting anywhere. That'll
tell you how to adjust that little screw.

Isaac