AZ27 Maytag Refrigerator - Instructions

Thought this repair would be easy, but it turned out to be a bit difficult. I started removing the gasket screws with a 1/4" nutdriver from the top to about halfway down the sides. I soaked the new gasket in hot water for about 15 minutes to make it "pliable" and get rid of the "wrinkling". It did not work. I had a heat gun for backup ... Read more to smooth out the wrinkles. Only worked slightly better. Things are going smoothly until I run in to a little plastic clip by the door handle. It holds the gasket in place while you place two screws on the short run. It was very hard to remove this plastic pin. I ended up having to loosen the top screws so that I could get leverage to remove the pin and put it in the new gasket. Added a half hour to the job. Worked the rest of the gasket on the door. I continued down the sides and to the bottom. It left me with a lot of play so I loosen the sides again and started from the bottom back up to the sides. It is best to start at the bottom and work back up the sides. Having finished, I am hoping for a tight seal. It has some wrinkles that I hope will work themselves out. If not, I may have to use the heat gun again. Make sure you work slowly and have plenty of patience.

Remove (slide forward) the ice dispenser drain pad from the bottom of the ice dispenser assembly on front of the freezer door. Removing two screws (star head) at the bottom allows the ice dispenser cover to be removed. Remove 3 screws holding the ice dispenser assembly to the freezer door to gain access to the flapper. Remove and replace ... Read more the flapper and reverse the steps to reassmble.

I did not do the repair yet, there is no schematic on how to route the hose; also no description of how to do the routing/connections.

first I remove screws arounf ice/water door dispenser and pulled dispenser away from refrig door to expose ice door assembly. i removed assembly and replaced and put back together. First time I ever did anything like this was pretty easy saved me some $$$$$$$$$$$$$

I pulled the drive ring off of the icemaker and replaced it with the new part. Saved a $150 service call plus cost of part. It cost me a little over $11.00 and a repairman probably would have charged $30.

repair&parts instalation was easy but troubleshutting difficult.

removed 4 screws, reeplaced broken ice door,
replaced 4 screws. Easy job with your site diagrams.

Went very quickly. The biggest problem was manipulating all the frozen packages such that I could reach mounting screws. In the future, I'd be prepared with a cooler to place the frozen goods during the repair time, which required the freezer door be wide open throughout the repair.

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 scr ... Read more ews 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.

Disconnect plug from wall. Insert putty knife between light switch.and trim panel , apply pressure to depress plastic spring holding switch in place. Apply a slight twist too putty knife releasing switch from trim piece. This wil expose plug connected to switch. Disconnect plug from switch. Connect new switch to plug. Insert switch into ... Read more trim. Plug refrigerator into wall socket.

The instructions in the package were not helpful. They wanted me to cut the wiring harness and described where to cut based on the wire colors. My wires were not the same color! I removed the light mechanism using a combination of a screwdriver, putty knife, and plain old muscle with my fingers! The wiring harness unplugged easily and th ... Read more e new one inserted. It was easy to push the whole assembly back into the door. I spent more time looking for something to cut the wiring harness with (and never did find it) than the whole job actually took without needing to cut anything!

I followed the video of your repair man. Made it very easy.Thanks.

Took door off refrigerator and removed worn parts and replaced the aforementioned parts, which took only a few minutes.

Popped out broken switch with blunt flat edged instrument. Disconnected switch from unit . Plugged new piece in and reinserted into side panel of refrigerator. Very easy.

Just as described by others that have left feedback, I removed a total of 4 hex-screws to access the door. Removed the old one and replaced the door. I resecured the front panel and it was done.
Thanks again for the great experience.