Taylor Soft Serve Ice Cream Machine Cleaning
Taylor Freezer soft serve ice cream machines dispense those fan-favorite sweet treats customers love. In order to keep them churning out cone after cone, keeping up with regular cleaning is a necessary maintenance task. Learn how to thoroughly clean your Taylor soft serve machine with the guide below.
This guide covers Taylor units C152, C161, 750, 751, 754, 774, 791 and 794.
Cleaning C152 & C161 Units
General Cleaning
- Step 1. Mix cleaning solution - Make a 100 PPM mixture of an OEM-approved cleaning solution, making sure to use warm water.
- Step 2. Add solution to the hopper - Pour 1 gallon (3.8 L) of that cleaning solution into the mix hopper and let it flow into the freezing cylinder.
- Step 3. Brush the hopper - With the solution in the freezing cylinder, brush clean the mix hopper, the mix level probe and the mix inlet hole.
- Step 4. Run a wash cycle - Let the cleaning solution in the freezing cylinder to agitate by pressing the WASH key.
- Step 5. Drain the cleaning solution - Place an empty pail under the door spouts and lift the draw valve. Let all of the cleaning solution draw off until the liquid stops flowing from the spouts. Close the valves, then press the WASH key to cancel the cycle.
- Step 6. Repeat - Repeat Steps 1-5 for the other side of the unit.
Brush Cleaning
- Step 1. Mix cleaning solution - Make a 100 PPM mixture in a clean sink of an OEM-approved cleaning solution, making sure to use warm water.
- Step 2. Remove the cup seals - Remove all cup seals from the drive shafts in beater assemblies
- Step 3. Remove freezer door parts - Remove the design caps, draw handles, draw valves and pivot pins from the freezer door. Remove all o-rings as well.
- Step 4. Remove freezing cylinder parts - Remove the front bearings, guide bearings and large o-rings from the back of the freezing cylinders
- Step 5. Clean the rear shell bearings - Using a small amount of the cleaning solution and a Taylor black bristle cleaning brush, clean the rear shell bearings located at the back of the freezing cylinders.
- Step 6. Clean the disassembled parts - Thoroughly clean all disassembled components in the cleaning solution, making sure to clean off all mix film and lubricant. Once cleaned, palace all components onto a clean, dry surface and dry overnight.
- Step 7. Clean the drawer valve - Brush clean the drawer valve cores located in the freezer door.
- Step 8. Clean the exterior - Wipe down all exterior surfaces of the unit.
Cleaning 750, 751, 754, 774, 791 & 794 Units
General Cleaning
- Step 1. Mix cleaning solution - Make a 100 PPM mixture of an OEM-approved cleaning solution, making sure to use warm water.
- Step 2. Add solution to the hopper - Push the prime plug down and pour the cleaning solution into the mix hopper.
- Step 3. Brush the hopper - With the solution in the freezing cylinder, brush clean the mix hopper, the mix level probe and the mix inlet hole.
- Step 4. Run a wash cycle - Let the cleaning solution in the freezing cylinder to agitate by pressing the WASH key.
- Step 5. Drain the cleaning solution - Place an empty pail under the door spouts and lift the prime plug. Let all of the cleaning solution draw off until the liquid stops flowing from the spouts. When the cleaning solution stops, raise the draw handle then press the WASH key to cancel the cycle.
- Step 6. Repeat - Repeat Steps 1-5 for the other side of the unit.
Brush Cleaning
- Step 1. Mix a cleaning solution - Make a 100 PPM mixture in a clean sink of an OEM-approved cleaning solution, making sure to use warm water
- Step 2. Remove drive shaft seals - Remove any and all seals from each drive shaft.
- Step 3. Remove front freezer parts - Remove these components from the front freezer:
- All o-rings
- Front bearing(s)
- Gasket(s)
- Design cap(s)
- Adjustable draw handle(s)
- Prime plug(s)
- Draw valve(s)
- Step 4. Remove O-rings - Remove o-rings from air tubes and air orifices.
- Step 5. Clean the rear shell bearings - Using a small amount of the cleaning solution and a Taylor black bristle cleaning brush, clean the rear shell bearings located at the back of the freezing cylinders.
- Step 6. Clean the rear drip pans - Remove the rear drip pans and clean in the solution-filled sink.
- Step 7. Clean the disassembled parts - Thoroughly clean all disassembled components in the cleaning solution, making sure to clean off all mix film and lubricant. Once cleaned, palace all components onto a clean, dry surface and dry overnight.
- Step 8. Clean the drawer valve cores - Brush clean the drawer valve cores located in the freezer door.
- Step 9. Clean the exterior - Wipe down all exterior surfaces of the unit.
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