Whirlpool WPW10380496 Motor Brush OEM Part

I bought a new speed control plate and phase control board. Since I was ordering these parts, I ordered two new motor brushes as well. All parts arrived two days after ordering, and mixer is back up and running fine.

God Bless Youtube! Searched "replace motor in Kitchen Aide mixer" and found an excellent tutorial on the subject made by AppliancePartsPros.com. Followed the instructions with my smart phone and purchased a new motor and brushes. Fixed the $500 mixer for $50.. Runs like new but now have to change the color per her request. Excellent company to deal .

Watched few videos. Found that worm gear can be faulty. Opened the mixer and replaced it after it was received. However, the mixer was stillnot working. Replaced the carbon brushed, which were worn out. Mixer is now working after few adjustments to the speed controller scres at the back of machine. Cost me about $ 30.00 and two hours of work time.

I ordered the armature and field-asm cause I did a test on the armature by connecting it directly to the power line and did not have any movement. Upon changing the armature and assembling the brushes, I realized one of the brushes was getting held up. I opened up the edges of the brush holder and that did it. I knew nothing seemed wrong with the parts I took out so I concluded that was the problem because I had just bought it, used it only twice and it stopped working.

I used these parts in a totally different project, not related to a mixer. i just needed an inexpensive set of small commuter brushes to make contacts.