10651189110 Kenmore Refrigerator - Instructions

Tough part was diagnosing the problem: bad water inlet solenoid, frozen inlet line, bad ice maker motor, or door opening sensor? Went to a parts shop & discussed the problem with the serviceman. He said you just need to sequentially replace each part. No way say I, that could cost $300 with a no-part return option.

I decided to replace the motor...Eureka!! It worked.
The underside of the ice maker cartridge has a plastic snap clip on either side of the cartridge. You need push each up, pull the left side of the cartridge out part way & disconnect the electrical connector on the right side(left..you facing the refrig.) With the cartridge out simply remove the 5 screws from the motor plate of the left side & replace with the new one.
Very simple. Slide the cartridge back in the frig. until the 2 snap clips click. Voila...you done! Cost $86..not $300. Apparently the motor is too weak to do the job & burns out quickly. Manufacturer should correct this defect.

i first removed the ice maker and took the motor assembley off. Right away i saw the problem. The wheel which drives the arm broke.
Once i get the new motor modl i just replaced it (it just pops into place with 1 or 2 screws).
put ice maker back in freezer and wola. Starting cranking out ice within 15 minutes.

First I lifted the ice bucket out of the refrigerator, the broken coupling fell out in three pieces. I ordered a new coupling {$14 including shipping) It arrived 4 days later. I removed the phillips screw and installed the new coupling along with the flat washer that had fallen out. The repair took 5 minutes and saved a lot of money.

I unscrewed the screw holing the coupling in place.Made sure the washers whereput back in right and put the new coupling in and retightened the screw on the auger that holds the coupling in place and then put the ice bin back in place and away it went.

The ice dispenser stopped turning for crushed/cubed ice out the chute. Turned out it was this little $10 metal coupling part that broke apart. I'm guessing its not an unusual problem because the partSelect part was redesigned to be thicker than the original part to help prevent it from happening. I was very impressed with the superiour quality of the replacement part.

I removed the ice bin and on the bottom of it I removed 1 screw. I put the washer and drive lug on and reattached the screw. It was so simple I thought I surely left something off. It has worked fine since.

Used a screwdriver to pry loose the old switch, swapped wires to the new switch and pushed it into the opening. Took about 2 minutes.

Great service. Unpluged old switch and pluged in new one. Works great

A very cold and brittle switch in a 17 year old fridge. Used screwdrivers to pry out with some resistance Had to cut the molded plug in half and split wires, because replacement contacts were farther apart than the original. End result, works great.

The old coupling was no longer in the unit so I took out the set screw inserted the new coupling and reset the screw and now my ice maker works again like a champ. Less than 10 minute repair but took an extrea 5 as I had to mnake a new washer that goes under the coupling for wear resistance.

removed the 2 screws that held the panel in place, had to reach up and push on locking tabs to lower trhe front of the panel. was able to then push on the locking tab of the switch to release it. removed the wires, replaced them onto the new switch, and snapped the switch into place. the rest was reverse of the uninstall process.

Removed the screw at the base of the ice bin unit. Replaced the coupling that had broken teeth and screwed in the new one. Was very simple. With service call with part near $150 the repair was made for less than $20.

Extemely easy to install. I just found the model number on ther refridgerator, ordered the part, the part was shipped very fast, installed the Coupling with a small screw driver in less than 5 minutes! I saved myself a lot of money! I am a female and it was very easy to do!

Part was easy to order, delivered quickly, installation very easy. Just unplug the unit, pop out the old swich using a screwdriver, disconnect and reconnect leads and pop switch back in. Definitely recommend that you can do it too.

Pry old switch and pull out. Disconect two wires. Put two wires on new switch, must be inserted right and connections not loose. Put switch in, making shure wies do not come off and snap in place