20 Most Recent KitchenAid KT2651X Epicurean Stand Mixer Questions & Answers

Same problem here, went from working perfectly to mix cookie, now I can barely move it...help!

You could always buy her a new model and have it painted Martha Stewart Green before you present it to her. To fix the old one you need to identify which parts are slipping and require replacement before we can help you out with a repair solution. It may be gears, it may be driving pins, it may be bushes or bearings or housings or a combination of all of them.

The Model: the Kitchenaid KAICA attachment will work with all Kitchenaid mixers 4.5 to 8 quart models both tilt head and bowl lift.

I'm not familiar with that particular model but the common cause of that fault on the ones I do work on is a broken or cracked lift lever inside the stand. You need to remove the stand from the motor housing. 4 screws going up through the stand into the underside of the motor casing at the back. That will expose the lift lever mechanism for you to identify the problem.

Look at the bottom of the bowl to see if it's dented first. Replacing the bowl is the only fix.

Hi, Craig.When you said speed control switch, only one thing came to my mind. It's the one encircled in pink in the image below. Hope this helps.

Push it back in level, tip the machine upside down on a towel and tighten the single screw you can see up the middle of the pedestal trumpet.

in a word Yes! There are several videos on youtube that go through a full tear down replace gears and re-assembly process. You will also need a prats list for your model (you will need your full model number as the Epi series have had four or five modifications and you must have the right parts) http://www.kitchenaid.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/OCManualsLiteratureSearchResultView?catalogId=10552&langId=-1&storeId=10202You can figure some type of modification based on the number of parts list available to you when you go to the site above. the top list is for user manuals the bottom list is for parts lists. You can repair this for about $60.00 in parts plus some patience and a couple rolls of paper towels, hope this helped

Hi SUSAN. From the symptoms you describe, it sounds like your mixer has a ‘Bowl to Beater Clearance’ issue. That should be pretty simple to fix. But even before we go there, check to make sure your mixing bowl is seating properly in the Bowl Support yolk and ‘snaps’ into place against the Bowl Spring Latch. My wife’s had that happen to her a few times. She thought the bowl was seated tightly, but it wasn’t and she experienced the same problem as you.
If your bowl is seating properly, the next thing to look at is your Beater to Bowl Clearance. The instructions are located in your Owners Instructions manual that came with your mixer. If your lacking one, you can easily download a PDF version of your Owners Manual from the KA website at: (http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/page/home).
Click on Customer Care>Locate Manuals& Guides> and enter the 6 character model number (in your case, use KT2651 )and select the last file listed that appear under Owners Manuals (44): KT2651XWW3.pdf (2974.69 KB) and save that file to your PC. You’ll need to have Adobe Reader to be able to open it. Turn to Page 10 and you will find the instructions for adjusting the mixer head height.
Beater to Bowl Clearance
Your mixer is adjusted at the factory so that the flat beater just clears the bottom of the bowl. If for any reason, the flat beater hits the bottom of the bowl or is too far away from the bowl, clearance.
Beater to Bowl Clearance:
Your Stand Mixer is adjusted at the factory so the flat beater just clears the bottom of the bowl. If, for any reason, the flat beater hits the bottom of the bowl or is too far away from the bowl, you can correct the clearance easily.
1. Unplug Stand Mixer.
2. Place bowl lift handle in down position.
3. Attach flat beater.


4. Adjust so flat beater just clears bottom surface of bowl when in lifted position by turning screw (A) clockwise to raise the bowl and counterclockwise to lower the bowl. Just a slight turn is all that is required: the screw will not rotate more than 1⁄4 turn (90 degrees) in either direction. (The full range of adjustment is 1⁄2 turn, or 180 degrees.)
5. Place bowl lift handle in up position to check clearance.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 if necessary.

NOTE: When properly adjusted, the flat beater will not strike on the bottom or side of the bowl. If the flat beater or the wire whip is so close that it strikes the bottom of the bowl, coating may wear off the beater or wires on whip may wear.
Good luck and have fun. I hope this helps. Howard, Burke, VA
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You need a new planetary. It's that simple, the new post 2002 design for the Epicurean the Accolaid, the Pro and Professional series mixers the planetary is held on by a grooved center pin that is simply pressed onto the planetary cup, when this shaft begins to drop you need a new planetary with new center shaft it is the only KA recognized fix, there is another but you need to have a drill press and be handy at making a jig. It is frankly more effort than buying a new planetary. if the machine is generally run down and you don't want to fix it you can probably sell it for parts, I know that I would be interested, but the machine is a good mixer and a planetary is like $30.00 bucks and takes about a half hour and some paper towels to change out. Easily performed by a DIY'er. Let ud know if this helped.

if you remove the top you will find a tiny fuse wrapped in a black band on the left side from the back. It connects two white wires which power the top-side motor brush. Most likely this needs to be replaced. You can check by bypassing it with roach clips or a copper wire. Unplug the machine first and be careful!