Ice Enclosure

I read the blogs and followed other people's experiences. It was easy and everything is back to working order. I saved a ton over having soemone come out to repair.

I read all the other repair stories and followed them. The only thing I would add is to use Lock ease on the screws (had trouble with getting two out) and yoke before removing them. I sprayed the lock ease on two screws and the yoke, left it sit for 30 minutes and everything removed smoothly. Especially the yoke that everyone wrote as the most difficult thing to get off.

Removed icebin from refrigerator and placed it in sink. Saw the iced over hole where the motor mount used to be. Removed screw from under shelf with nut driver. Used a hair dryer to melt ice buildup from shelf (don't forget towels to soak up water). Remove the shelf out 6" to unplug harness from back wall. Pull shelf out onto counter to remove all screws. To remove u bracket from motor gently tap bracket with hammer to "break loose" bracket from motor. Put the motor shaft through new shelf hole and attatch screws and u bracket. Put shelf back in and reconnect wire harness to wall. Test the motor by pressing sensor to dispense ice. If all works Finnish reconnecting and put ice bin back in to collect ice. I emptyed my ice bin prior to putting back in.

remove ice cub basket /disconnect power take out 1 screw and unlock /remove . removed motor and switch, attach to the new enclosure and reinstall.

Remove bolt on lower left side that locates the Ice Enclosure. Partially remove Ice Enclosure. Locate electrical connector behind Ice Enclosure. Squeeze locking tabs and wiggle connector free. Completely remove Ice Enclosure and place on work surface. Remove phillips head screws that attach motor to Ice Enclosure. Remove phillips head screws that attach solenoid to Ice Enclosure. Grasp motor shaft with pliers to hold it still. Wedge screw driver handle into motor yoke to gain additional leverage as you turn yoke clockwise (reverse thread) to remove yoke from motor shaft. Keep track of spacer bushing that will fall from motor shaft when yoke is removed. Attach motor and solenoid to new Ice Enclosure. Replace bushing and yoke onto motor shaft. Reassemble Ice Enclosure into freezer compartment. Don't forget to plug harness back in and to replace locating bolt on left side of Ice Enclosure.

unscrewed all the electric componets from the broken enclosure and screwed them to the new one and reenstalled. we got the new enclosure faster than expected will probably use part select again when needed.

Having a diagram really made the job easy. The best surprise was ordering the part on Monday and having it my doorstep on Wednesday. The last time I had a repairman work on the same refrigerator it took two weeks for him to get a part. Who needs the Maytag repairman with service like this.

1. Remove any screws still holding the switch mechanism or motor in place
2. The motor that powers the auger had cracked the plastic and broken free from the enclosure. I removed the screw holding the enclosure from underneath
3. There is a wire harness that supplies power to the motor and the switch. Squeeze the top and bottom of the harness and pull the whole thing out. (You don't need to remove any wires from the motor or switch it should come out in one piece.)
4. Getting off the auger bracket takes a little brute force. The tread on it is left hand.
5. Remount the motor and the switch, then push the enclosure back in 3/4 of the way and plug-in the harness.
6. Don't forget the mount screw underneath the enclosure.