Kenwood Major - how to remove the large pulley?

[Geoff]

Hi

I have a Kenwood Major mixer on which the planet hub cog is mashed;
I've managed to get the requisite spare part from Kenwood but since
the version I have is obsolete (after 5 years, for crying out loud) it
requires me to replace the vertical drive shaft also - which entails
taking apart the entire gearbox (grrrr).

This would be no problem except that one of the screws holding the
gearbox together is underneath the large pulley (the big green plastic
one) which itself simply won't come off.

You can see a picture here:

http://images.electricshopping.com/assets/images/products/spare_parts/kw674526.jpg

Does anyone know how you go about removing this large pulley? Kenwood
won't tell me, apparently because they don't encourage users to repair
things themselves (even though they're happy enough to sell me the
spare parts at a suitably exorbitant markup) and because their legal
team won't let them (liability issues, I suppose).

I'm getting to the point where I may just drill a hole in the pulley
(it's plastic) and undo the screw through the hole, which I'm pretty
certain isn't the best idea...

Thanks!

Geoff

 

[N_Cook]

Geoff <gwinkless@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:86bf936e-7364-4db4-a487-9ad224ec9286@s19g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...

Hi

I have a Kenwood Major mixer on which the planet hub cog is mashed;
I've managed to get the requisite spare part from Kenwood but since
the version I have is obsolete (after 5 years, for crying out loud) it
requires me to replace the vertical drive shaft also - which entails
taking apart the entire gearbox (grrrr).

This would be no problem except that one of the screws holding the
gearbox together is underneath the large pulley (the big green plastic
one) which itself simply won't come off.

You can see a picture here:


http://images.electricshopping.com/assets/images/products/spare_parts/kw6745

26.jpg

Does anyone know how you go about removing this large pulley? Kenwood
won't tell me, apparently because they don't encourage users to repair
things themselves (even though they're happy enough to sell me the
spare parts at a suitably exorbitant markup) and because their legal
team won't let them (liability issues, I suppose).

I'm getting to the point where I may just drill a hole in the pulley
(it's plastic) and undo the screw through the hole, which I'm pretty
certain isn't the best idea...

Thanks!

Geoff

If you want generalists to help , then a better close-up pic is required


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[D Yuniskis]

Geoff wrote:

Hi

I have a Kenwood Major mixer on which the planet hub cog is mashed;
I've managed to get the requisite spare part from Kenwood but since
the version I have is obsolete (after 5 years, for crying out loud) it
requires me to replace the vertical drive shaft also - which entails
taking apart the entire gearbox (grrrr).

This would be no problem except that one of the screws holding the
gearbox together is underneath the large pulley (the big green plastic
one) which itself simply won't come off.

You can see a picture here:

http://images.electricshopping.com/assets/images/products/spare_parts/kw674526.jpg

Does anyone know how you go about removing this large pulley? Kenwood

Wheel puller? Though I would put something *else* behind
the pulley and pull *that* instead (think: large circular
piece of metal with slot extending from edge to center
having diameter slightly larget than shaft)

won't tell me, apparently because they don't encourage users to repair
things themselves (even though they're happy enough to sell me the
spare parts at a suitably exorbitant markup) and because their legal
team won't let them (liability issues, I suppose).

I'm getting to the point where I may just drill a hole in the pulley
(it's plastic) and undo the screw through the hole, which I'm pretty
certain isn't the best idea...

Why not? Are you afraid of weakening the pulley? (no idea
as to the mechanical stresses it sees nor the actual plastic used
in its fabrication). How small a hole could you get away with?

 

[Geoff]

On 16 Dec, 14:08, "N_Cook" <dive...@tcp.co.uk> wrote:

Geoff <gwinkl...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
You can see a picture here:

If you want generalists to help , then a better close-up pic is required

Fair point. I'll take a photo tonight; I hoped someone might have done
it before

Thanks for the feedback.

Geoff

 

[Baron]

Geoff Inscribed thus:

On 16 Dec, 14:08, "N_Cook" <dive...@tcp.co.uk> wrote:
Geoff <gwinkl...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
You can see a picture here:

If you want generalists to help , then a better close-up pic is
required

Fair point. I'll take a photo tonight; I hoped someone might have done
it before

Thanks for the feedback.

Geoff

Hard to tell. Could be on a LH thread.

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Best Regards:
Baron.