Whirlpool WP9708172 Planetary Assembly OEM Part

First, I went on YouTube and found a site that showed how to replace the planetary for my mixer. We have ordered planetary form AppliancePartsPros. We followed the direction given on youtube and this fixed my mixer.

After watching a quick video I decided this was something I could fix myself. I took it all apart, replaced the entire planetary head( seriously easy and only like $25-$30) put everything back together and my 6qt kitchenaid pro works good as new!

Not only did I replace the Planetary, but also the Transmission Housing (recommended). The biggest challenge (which really wasn't an issue) was removing and replacing the snap ring. The most time consuming aspect of the whole job was removing and replacing the food-grade grease, and overall cleanup of the unit. The repaired mixer works like a charm! Well worth the time and effort; and a lot less expense and hassle than sending the unit in to Kitchenaid!

Very easy took about 15 minutes including removing all the old grease and putting new grease in.

The repair video was a great aid to making sure the disassembly and reassembly was correct. Replaced planetary assembly (som YouTubers say you can JB weld the shaft back in place but was not interested in an experiment). After disassembly identified a sheared pin and damaged bearings. Total repair cost about $75 including grease (for a $500 Kitchen Aide Pro 600). Thanks for the video- big help.