KitchenAid blender coupler replacement

If your KitchenAid blender coupler has broken nibs and needs to be replaced, you don't have to buy a new blender or find a service center or send your blender back to KitchenAid for a repair - you can do it yourself!

Follow this video and learn how to remove the old coupler with a mallet and flathead screwdriver. You can find a replacement coupler online for $5.

Note: As stated in the video, the coupler unscrews CLOCKWISE. If you hit it with the screwdriver / mallet combo in a clockwise direction a few times, the coupler will spin faster than the motor shaft and will unscrew.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• kitchenaid
• blender
• coupler
• repair
• replace
• broken

[ashra0002]

It worked! I was a bit skeptical when I started, but can't argue with success. Thanks for posting it.

[365ProductionsCanada]

Great video... good work

Thanks

[sh0]

Perfect! Thanks for saving me a ton of trouble!

[nobaboon]

perfect. as you say, "doesn't seem like it should work", but does.

[tjraymo]

worked just like you said, thanks!

[esadnfo]

Thanks for posting. I got a 7mm spanner with the replacement coupler but didn't read the instructions so I ended up tightening it instead of loosening it and after that it just wouldn't budge. Your method does indeed look like it shouldn't work but it does so thanks!

[50guitar]

Hey, thanks! Thanks to your video I discovered an even easier way, heres how. Turn your blender upside down, take a thin bladed flat head screw driver and thread it through the motor ventilation holes and place the head between the motor fan blades to lock down the motor. Then turn the blender on it's side and you can litterally twist the coupler off with your hand. Hope this helps!

[Faktamorten]

Just want to say that amazon now offers a coupler with a tool to take the coupler off with a minim of problems :)

[topaz1817]

Here's another method: buy a 7mm wrench and file it down to fit under the coupler (they'll file it down for you at Ace Hardware). Hold the shaft immobile with the wrench and use a vice grips to spin the coupler off in a clockwise direction.

[pmcc28a]

After wasting an hour trying to remove my old coupler I found this. I was skeptical but it worked perfectly!