How to repair a Kitchenaid Artisan Mixers that runs but is not turning the beater.
Kitchenaid Artisan with a stripped out worm drive gear. Common problem for a kitchen aid if it's been used heavy for mixing dough.
The gear is plastic, but this is not a bad design or design to fail.
It is a sacrificial part. It is the weakest part in the drive, so If the beaters jam or the mixer is over used on dense material. This gear is designed to strip out so other more expense parts of the motor are not damaged.
This gear is quite cheap and easy to change compared to the armature.
These are one of the best mixer you can buy, and i would be a big fan of kitchen aid mixers.
They are very well made and very powerful.