GT1823PEKQ Maytag Refrigerator - Instructions

Disconncted power, pulled plug on disconnect, loosened 3 ice maker attach screws, removed ice maker. carefully removed old broken part, to understand reasembly. Reinstalled new water fill & bearing part.. hung icemaker and tightened attach screws. Reattached electrical plug.. turned on power, it all worked. .took about 45 min to remove, 15 min to reinstall. Right tools needed re disassembly AND ASSEMBLY

I popped out the old switch with a screwdriver pressing down the tab on the bottom and unplugged the terminals. Then I plugged in the new switch and popped back into the socket. Piece of cake!

I removed the fan cover and pulled out the fan that had the broken piece and replaced it with the new parts. Very easily done. This simple procedure would have cost over 75 to 100 dollars. I did it with less than 50

There was three screws to remove to unmout the ice maker, and unplug the wire harness,then two to remove to slip in new stripper. All took about 20 mins.

I opened the box, unwrapped the new ice pan, gave it a cursory rinse, and put it in the freezer.

Removed old light switch by prying up and out of housing...removed wires (carefully not to get shocked!) and taped to inside of refrigerator housing. Ordered best matching part and rec'd it in a couple of days. Took less than 5 minutes to remove taped wires from side of cabinet and connect to new switch (which was a perfect match to the original equipment) and snap switch back into refrigerator housing! Works perfectly! Thanks!

I found it very easy to find this small part on this website and order a couple. All I had to do was remove the broken clip by pulling it out and push the new clip in. I was so proud of myself since we had been just dealing with the broken clip for over a year. It was a pain everytime we had to remove the grill to check the water in the drip pan.

easy repair.......just had to unload the top glass shelf and remove to the counter, turn upside down and remove the 2 phillips screws. replace the broken rail with the new and tighten the 2 screws.
re-load ( and clean out the refrigerator) all the
items that were on the top shelf and admire the work. of course now you can put the cheese & lunchmeat drawer back where it belongs

The first step was to get the wire rack out of the freezer, which seemed to be permanent until I completely dismantled it with the nippers. Then I used a Phillips head screwdriver to take out the ice maker. Now the back of the fridge is clear to be opened. Just push down on the top of the round part while squeezing in at the sides and pull toward yourself. There is the fan (which was not connected in my case hence the rattling). Push new fan into place and connect pin... Total time 30 minutes to one hour. Except that it took two months for the fan to come in on back order... And the fan has a clip on it, so the extra clip was completely useless.

Popped old one out with knife. exchanged power leads. Popped new switch in. Make sure to unplug refrigerator before you start!

Pried out ice blade bar and removed broken water fill cup and replaced with new one.The whole repair costs $9.52 So I saved $ 190 over the cost of Appliance man visit!
It would have been $150& $50 for visit to replace ice maker unit.

part got here fast and I fixed it in no time. GREAT Thanks

Recently unemployed, we knew a repairman was out of the question. We opted to glue the broken tab,but I knew that would just be living a substandard rerpair so looked on line. Found our replacement part very easily and much to our surprise we had the part the next day, yes, the next day!! Looking at the new part gave us the confidence to pop out the old one without causing damage to our unit. It was a no brainer , pop out and plug in w/in 30 seconds. Small appliance repairmen are a minumum of 75.00 service fee plus parts. Our repair less than 20.00 less than 24 hrs. How good is that?

Gail Costa

Took knife and pried out the the damaged switch. Took wires off. Put the wires on the new switch and put it back in the hole. Job finished. The part shipment was very prompt and I am happy. The End!

Pried out old Switch,Hooked wires to new switch Snapped in New Unit.
5 minutes Total Time