AFD2535DEB Amana Refrigerator - Instructions

I read on your website my exact problem and symptom,
and how others did the repair. and found it to be exactly what I had. The repair was quite simple and productive.
And the part was exactly what I needed.

1/4 nut driver removed 3 screws and unpluged connector at which point you can remove the entire ice maker assembly. Once it was out there was three philips screws that removed the head unit (after the fact I think I could have left the assembly in and just removed the head unit) replace old head unit with new one, making sure to aline the flip bar in the slot. Slide right in and had ice later that night. A very simple fix that once again made me look like the husbandly hero that we all strive for.

Three nuts removed, new part screwed back in. It took more time to take out the food than replace the part.

i am not a mechanic so i tried to follow the video instruction. i am afraid that i am going to break a few parts or not able to put it back so i decided to follow instruction from other customer.
i used a phillip screwdriver removed the 3 screws after i turned off the refrigerator and remove the white cap that cover the motor assembly. the trick is to remove the motor assembly. it took me some times to shake the unit, remove the on and off handle from hole of the unit and carefully with little force pulling and shaking the unit it finally came off the ice maker unit. i placed the new unit by pushing it to the ice maker, replaced the on and off handle back in the motor assmble hole, screw the 3 screws back, cover the unit back, plcae the handle bar down to the on position. plug the refrigerator back and it started making ice after one hours. not quite easy.

After removing the crisper and meat drawers, then the glass shelf, removal of the broken end cap was fairly simple and straight forward. I removed 2 hex headed screws with a nut driver. Next I removed the temp control linkage from the old end cap, reinstalled it onto the new end cap and remounted to the refrigerator and that was that. The most impressive part was how rediculously fast the shipping was for the part itself!! I ordered on a Thursday evening and it was on my porch Saturday morning!

This is the 4th motor on this ice maker. Sears replaced the original motor at a cost of >$300 and this is the 2nd motor I have replaced at a cost <$70.
Repair is quite easy since this was the As described on your site, simply remove the door flap, remove the covering for the wiring, remove 3 hex nuts under the floor of the unit and the entire ice maker slides out. After disconneting the wires, you simply slide the cover from the motor, remove 3 philips screws and slide the old motor out.
Align the new motor, slide in, replace 3 philips and reverse the process to place the ice maker and hex nuts.
Was "back in ice" within an hour or so.
Thanks for the instructions and video and for making the parts affordable for do-it-yourselfers!

I gently prised back the tab on one side of the door and slid the unit out. The replacement was just as clean being careful not to nap off the tab. The job was done in 30 seconds with no tools.

watched the vcr. tape THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DAVE

removed the old assembly and put on the new-now I have ice again!!!

I replaced the ice maker - problem remained so I replaced the solenoid valve - problem remained. Turned out the fill tube from the back of the fridge didn't quite reach the cup. I figured this out because when I ran the tap into the ice maker, it overflowed from the front, but when it was installed it leaked in a stream to the right. Pulling the fill tube out about 1/4" solved the problem

I had an idea on how to do the repair, because I had removed the icemaher already. I watched the video on the website just to be sure of what I was doing. Went well ice is great now.

Replaced control and motor assembly by removing 3 screws. Motor and shaft were not aligned so just remove the 3 little screws on the motor and align with shaft. Put it back in

I followed your video which made the whole repair/replace-
ment simple !

I turned off the fridge. Then I took off the service door to the ice maker. I unscrewed and took off the white plastic piece covering the electrical wire connection. I disconnected the wires and pulled out the ice maker assembly. I had to push up on a couple of little clips underneath that held it in place. I unscrewed the screws that held the control and motor assembly to the rest of the icemaker. I pulled off the assembly and put the new one into place and screwed it back together. Then I replaced everything as it was originally.

The video shows the mechanic removing the icemaker. I did not need to do that on my Whirlpool refrigerator.

All I needed to do was unplug the refrigerator, pull the white cover off, unscrew three screws, pull the original motor unit. From there, everything was reversed and I had ice. Woohoo!

Just don't do like I did and keep opening the freezer door. It took longer because I kept looking in to see if it was making ice.