My machine, on the dough cycle only does the initial knead at the beginning of the cycle. It then rises only for the remaining cycle. Thus th dough is not fully blended.

SOURCE: Kneading paddle having problem kneading

Sounds like you might need a new belt. If it works ok with nothing in it but wont when the dough is in there

SOURCE: on dough mode, machine won't knead

paddles could be slipping. that was my issue. Here's the solution if so.

What happened in my case is that the nut holding the rotor that drives the left paddle was loose, allowing the paddle to slip. Only one paddle would knead and mix. The belts in my machine are fine, in fact so massive I can't imagine them breaking. But access? Yikes.

So, forget the screws on the bottom. They just hold on the feet. Remove all the screws around the top of the baking chamber, the two that hold the control panel on, and the remaining screws under it. There are about 12 screws. Remove the 6 at the bottom of the baking chamber, but not the 2 that hold down the element. Remove the metal sides of the baking chamber (it's one piece). All this is to get access to the screws that really hold the works to the base. They're around the perimeter of the metal chassis on which the motor and element are mounted. Remove them (get help or arrange something to keep the control panel from exerting too much pull on the wires to the element. You could unplug the control unit but I didn't need to.)

Once you lift the motor assembly exposing the belts underneath, you'll see what's loose. Each nut holds down a metal plate beneath the rotor. If it gets loose, the rotor can move more or less freely and won't turn. It looks like they applied an inadequate dab of glue to hold those in place. I should have put in a star washer to keep the nut from loosening again. Next time.

Good luck getting all the screws back in the right places ;-) Machine works fine now.

SOURCE: my machine seems to labor in the kneading cycle,

Hi, Take the pan out of tha machine and see if the paddle spins freely by hand. If yes that's great...if no then the sealed bearing might be sticking and starting to fail. Next check the tension on the belts. The motor and belts are located in the base of the machine. Be sure to unplug machine and ask someone to help you if you are not mechanically inclined. Hank

Daryl Nash

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• Posted on Jan 07, 2011

SOURCE: my bread maker kneads twice just fine, and it

That is a difficult problem. One thing you might try to get a better rise in your machine is to cut the salt in your recipe by one half. It's healthier that way too. Please let me know the result.

Daryl Nash

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• Posted on Feb 27, 2011

SOURCE: HI, I use the dough cycle and it takes 1 hour 20

It sounds like everything is OK...machines knead a while,,,,rest a long time....knead a little rest along time etc......that resting allows the dough to rise....