After being scammed by a repairman who charged for repair that didn't work, then promised to order replacement, then said he couldn't get it, I was pleased to find your site. Ordered the part, watched the installation video,received the part within two days, replaced it in 10 minutes--it works perfectly. I only wish I had looked on internet before calling repairman recommended by my dealer.
In the research, I found that the family was being poisened each day by teflon chipping off of the icemaker's tray, where the ice freezes and the icemaker had ceased making ice. I ordered the icemaker on a 2-3 business day delivery and it arrived in one day. That evening, we went to the site, and opened the instructional video from the expert installer. As always, i was skeptical of the ease of the installer's install. I should have been so skeptical, even though the model the installer was using was different, it only took about fifteen minutes from pulling out the fridge, to repair, to returning the fridge to it's cubby. I love PartSelect. I've used them for all types of pieces, including a great deal on the water filters!!
With a phillips head driver, I loosened all the screws on the left side tray support, and completely took out the the second screw. I removed the screw because it is the lower support for the ice maker. I used a flat end screw driver and loosened the top two screws on the top of the ice maker. You don't need to remove them comletely. The unit just slides up and out. Just reverse the steps to install. It took me under ten minutes.
Removed 1 lower screw with nut driver, pushed up and away from inner panel, unplugged harness and it was ready to come out. Reused old wiring harness and end cap. Reinstalled icemaker, it took about 24 hours to start making ice(to fill bin) and now everything works like its supposed to.
Removed the old ice maker by disconnecting the wiring harness, loosening to side screws and removing a third screw under the ice maker. Installed the new ice maker following the above instructions in reverse order. Ice maker started working after about 30-45 minutes (probably for the tray to get cold enough). It was a very simple process. Thanks.
water fill bucket on old unit is rear facing and new unit is right side facing, and the water fill tube is to short
removed three screws from left side of unit then the next set of screws, next disassemble unit to water fill bucket , remove new fill bucket and replace with old one, reassemble in revered order
Water leak dripped into the ice cube catching tray.
Just to add a few items not on other lists.
Get appliance manual out to see how to turn the unit off. Has a tubing valve in the rear on water inlet. Used valve to shut water off. Then replaces whole unit as per instructions on site.
Ice maker was overflowing water into the ice tray.
Per the instructions I shut the power off to the refrigerator, took the ice cube tray out. I disconnected the electrical connector to the ice maker, removed the 1 screw holding it in place. I then lifted the old ice maker off the 2 tabs and out it came. I reversed the above steps and turned the power back on....It was making ice again in about 3 hours.
It was super easy. I just cut the power to the fridge, took 3 screws out to remove the old icemaker, undid the power supply. Then I kept the supply wires, cover and ice maker arm and installed them on the new part. I plugged the supply wires back in, attached the new ice maker with a nut driver, installed the cover and arm. Turned the power back on and it's done. Just takes a few minutes!!!
found instructions at all parts.com website and was able to do it. Has to send part back because bracket was out of shape and promptly received another part in a few days and received a refund for the broken part,Great service thank you
Trouble shooting was the difficult part. All advice was to replace the valve but water did not leak with icemaker removed. Found the release coating in the icemaker tray had cracked and peeled away. Since this is also the water seal, the tray would drip water after filling, before freezing. The new icemaker solved the problem.
