I have a wedding and a 2-cake graduation for this weekend, and the little clip that holds the mixer bowl down just snapped in two!
Now, I have to stand there and actually hold the bowl down while it's mixing!!
arrrrggghh!!!!!! 
The nearest service center to me is 2 hours away and will take way to long to have it shipped here by....like....say....NOW.
Wish me luck - and i thought it was going to be an easy week.
Geez, Im sorry. Good luck though. Im sure you'll do a great job anyways!
ooh! i had that happen to me! I have the 5qt kitchen aid, it happened about a year ago and I still use it. I only have to hold the bowl when mixing bread dough or cream cheese icing or something... but for when i DO, I found something GREAT! At my local safeway they had a thing in the gardening section that is for attaching tall plats to their stakes, its basically a roll of green velcro that is about 1/3" wide. I wrap that all the way around the bowl and stand tightly and it holds like a charm. The night it happened to me tho, I stapled a square of velcro to some extra ribbon and made a similar thing.
(and I did do a search online and that little tiny stupid part for my model isn't being made anymore and its to worth buying a new one)
Oh that stinks!!!
Well, are you making any money from these cakes? Maybe you could invest in a new one?
Good luck!! 
I tried looking for the part online and can't find it. My mixer is only about 7 years old.
I'll call customer support today - and waste a lot of time holding onto the bowl in the meantime!
I wanted to buy some Bose earbud headphones with my cake money this week, darn it.
Yeah, mine screams also....that's probably not good. I need to get it to a service center for maintenance soon!
Anyway, I called the acutal customer service today and she is shipping me the part Express mail for FREE! I should have it tomorrow! HOw cool is that?
So, I"ll only have 1/2 my cakes made slowly - and will be able to fly through the rest tomorrow. whew! Hope it comes on time!
KA is the greatest for Customer Service - keep in mind that DeLonghi STINKS!!!
Good for you!
Bummer! 
But glad to hear the part is on it's way! Hopefully it makes it on time.
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