My Bosch drained a smoothie down the tower. This mixer is not under warrently since I bought it via Craigslist. Should I just consider it trashed? I'm not sure how to clean out the electric motor if it is gummed up.
When I opened it, cleaned what I could, checked and cleaned the brushes and tried to put it all back together. It appears to work. I now notice that the bowl shaft has around 1/4" freeplay. By that I mean the dough hook can be moved a bit without the motor running. It may have always been this way, I don't remember. It also seems a bit noisy but I don't know if it's different than before. I'll probably test it on the weekend. I will not be using the blender attachment!
Update: It works now. The motor seems to have a higher pitch but I ran a test batch through it with 38 ounces of dough. I tried speeds one, two and three without a problem. Off and on I ran it for about ten minutes without a problem. The dough looked nice and the bread baked well.
I do not plan to open this thing up again. It is a bear to put back together. But at least I didn't need the duct tape.