On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:32:24 -0700, "Janet Bostwick"
> wrote:

>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
>


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