Ice Bucket Auger

I followed the instruction on the video but I failed to look at he assembly real good before disassembly. I did not notice how the stationary blade assembly was positioned and nothing in the video explained how to reinstall it. I had it togeather 3 or4 times before I noticed it had a pocket to go into. Other than that it was a snap.

removed the ice tray
dumped out ice
removed screws to access both auger and crusher body
remove both from tray
remove crusher body by unlatching the plastic notches
remove nut from auger and remove cover/S.S.fingers and auger
assemble reverse order.
Very simple.

removed ice tray. emptied ice tray and removed and replaced auger.several special tools would have made job easier like slip ring tool.

watched the repair video online and proceeded from there. it was fairly easy to do, if I had not watched the video I would have never known about the reverse thread on the shaft. that could have been a disaster.

MY SON-IN-LAW LOOKED AT THE REPAIR VIDEO AND DID THE JOB DURING AN AFTER DINNER BREAK. HE SAID THAT THE VIDEO WAS GREAT AND THE JOB WAS REALLY EASY. THE ICE MAKER NOW WORKS LIKE NEW.

When our plastic auger broke in our ice bin, I ordered the part from PartSelect.com. I read through the comments for guidance on the repair. It sounded easy and for the most part it was. The most difficult part of the repair for me was removing the housing that enclosed the ice crusher. There were two plastic tabs that locked the housing into the ice bin. The ice bin was plastic also and I was afraid of breaking either the tab or the ice bin. It took several tension-filled minutes to remove this. They did not "push in" easily. However, the rest of the repair was pretty easy and I now have a functional ice delivery system in my freezer.

1. Removed Ice Bucket from the freezer.
2. Removed the screws holding the ice crusher section
3. Removed the screw holding the lever-arm, but don't remove the lever arm, just released it from the ice crusher section.
4. Use a flat blade screwdriver to release the tabs (on both sides) holding in the ice crusher section.
5. Removed the ice crusher section.
6. Use a flat blade screwdriver to remove the retaing ring holding in the ice crusher blades.
7. Carefully remove the blades and spacers (keep track of the order they are placed on the Auger).
8. Put the blades (in correct order) onto the new Auger.
9. Replace the retaining ring onto the Auger.
10. Reinstall into ice crusher section.
11. Reinstall ice crusher back into the ice bucket. Retaining clips should snap back into place.
12. Return the lever arm to correct position into ice crusher section.
13. Replace screws.

WE STARTED TRYING TO TAKE IT APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER 5 OR 6 DAYS AGO. IT IS STILL LAYING IN PIECES ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER. I AM 66 AND MY HUSBAND IS 78, SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS SLOW. LOL ONCE WE BOTH WORKED ON IT AND GOT THE OLD AUGER OUT, I WAS WAITING UNTIL LATER TO TAKE IT APART SO I COULD KEEP ALL THE BLADES IN ORDER. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT ALLLLLLL APART AND THE DIAGRAM ON THE WEB PAGE IS NOT VERY CLEAR. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE BLADES GO ON THE AUGER. i THINK NEXT TIME i WILL JUST ORDER THE TRAY WITH THE AUGER ALREADY IN IT,

Pulled out ice bin, disasembled, replaced ice auger, and reasembled, easy fix, But why don't they make a stainless auger, like the older ones were. Plastic is just to brittle when it's in freezing conditions. Other refrigerators, with ice makers, I've had with metal augers, never had a problem with. Hope I don't have to do this every two years. It was very easy to do, but kind of a hassle, to order parts and have to do it, When a metal auger would never have broke. However, Parts Select was very good, got my parts right out, had them in 3 days and had it fixed. Thanks, Parts Select. Mike

First, I was thrilled that I rec'd my order for the replacement part the day after I placed it! Granted shipping was only Jacksonville to Orlando, but still...

I read several of the postings already on the site which were very helpful. The only spot of difficulty really was that the whole assembly is REVERSE THREADED which wasn't mentioned in the first post I read. Once past that hurdle, the only other challenge was in the rod on the outside of the bucket that interfaces with the wall of the freezer and helps open the chute to release the ice or something. After installing the replacement auger, I had to disconnect the spring assembly holding it into place and reposition the rod to make it work. My advice: pay close attention to how it's positioned before taking it apart.

Thanks for a great experience and big repair bill savings! I'll be using PartSelect again next time I have a repair!!

a bit difficult with the plastic clips for the auger assembly to slide out of the ice maker. other than that, easy.

Had to pour boiling hot water on the oldpart in order to get pieces apart. After that it was fairly easy to figure it out. But instructions on how to do it would have made the job much easier and less frustrating. I worked in construction all my life and havedone home repairs and so forth. I am not a dummy where repairs are concerned.

Basically I followed the instructions offered on the site. They were very helpful. I did have a problem when I got a little lost putting the ice crusher blades back in the correct order. I figured it out but, I do strongly recommend using a digital camera to photograph the cusher blades befor disassembling them. The customer how to section is very helpful. I was really impressed with the 2 day delivery. I would defenitely recommend part select to others.

Disassembled each and every part taking care to do in order for proper reassembly. The difficult part is trying to get the front housing off the ice holder container. The clips are extremly tight. It took two of us as you need four hands to insure you get both sides to release at the same time. Once you get the front housing off, there is a retainer ring and O rings on the back side that you have to remove in order to get the auger free. Once free, there is a plastic nut on the front of the auger that you undo with pliers, very carefully. Once that is done it is a matter of taking the auger apart and making sure that you put everything back in the order that it came off.. It takes a little time, but it works fine now.

Remove ice tray then disassemble then reassemble