JCB2059GES (PJCB2059GS1) Jenn-Air Refrigerator - Instructions

Found Parts Select while searching for parts to fix symptom. Other's experience and video to replace the ice maker was of great help. I had done this repair on my Motor Home before so knew I should be able to do it on the home appliance. Followed the video and fixed it in short time considering I work very deliberatly on such things.

i ordered a new one from part select and received it in a few days (less than a week). My son who is somewhat familiar with tools and things removed the old and installed the new in under 15 minutes. It took us longer to get the screwdriver than it did to change out the ice makers. New ice maker is super and makes less noises than my old one.

Followed the tutorial on the site and it was spot on. had the same problem as most- dirt in the ice, and then it stopped altogether. was well worth the $100 for the info/parts. would do it again in a second

Repair was fairly straight-forward. First removed the ice cube receptacle and the glass rack for access to the ice maker. Loosened two hex head screws at the top of the rear plate of the ice maker (do not remove completely), and removed one hex head screw at the bottom of the rear mounting plate of the ice maker. After removing the bottom screw, lifted the ice maker off the two top screws. The only real difficulty was positioning the unit so as to be able to unplug the wiring harness from the rear left side of the ice maker. This turned out to be a awkward, but a little manouvering allowed access to the harness receptacle. A metal clip at the rear of the icemaker clips over the insulation of one of the wires in the wiring harness. Remove the clip from the wire before attempting to remove the icemaker. The wiring harness was too short to allow access to the release tab at the top of the harness connector, so the tab had to be worked loose with a screwdriver from the front of the receptacle. If you take this approach, make sure power has been turned off to the refrigerator to avoid an electrical accident. A probe with a short right-angle tip would release the tab without resorting to inserting a screwdriver into the receptacle. Remove the old unit and set aside. -- Compare the replacement icemaker with the original to determine whether any brackets, clips, wire bails, etc. must be transferred to the new unit. In this case, only the wire bail that gages depth of ice in the ice receptacle had to be transferred. Water entered the old unit through a cutout in the back of the cube-shaped plastic piece at the right side of the icemaker. The new unit had a pre-molded opening in the right side of the cube for water entry. Three score marks were provided in the rear wall of the cube to convert the new unit to rear water entry. Using a box knife, the rear of the plastic cube on the new unit was opened along the score marks. The extra opening in the side does not seem to cause any leakage problem. Installation of the new unit is the reverse of disassembly. Insert the wiring harness plug into the receptacle at the rear of the new icemaker. The plug should only engage the receptacle in the right orientation due to the latching tab and notch on the plug and receptacle. Press the plug into the receptacle until the latching tab is engaged. Place the wire clip at the lower rear of the unit (transfer the clip from the old unit if necessary) over the wire the clip was originally removed from and press firmly to seat the clip on the wire. Reorient the back side of the icemaker toward the mounting screws in the rear wall of the freezer compartment. Place the two slotted holes in the rear of the new unit over the screws in the back of the freezer compartment and press down to engage the screws. Replace the third screw in the lower mounting flange of the new icemaker. Tighten all three self-threading screws, being careful to not strip out the holes in the freezer wall. Replace the ice receptacle and the glass rack (if equipped) and unit is ready to use. Dispose of the first couple of ice dumps to insure any debris has been flushed out of the new icemaker.

Removed pantry lid,pantry drawer, shelf, two drawers. Unscrewed metal side rail. Removed right side end cap plus attached back rail. Had to figure out how to remove sliding drawer mechanism, not easy, all plastic, easily breakable-reattached that to new right side end cap. Put everything back (not easy-angle makes it hard). Reattached lid to new side end cap and all is well! My husband and I did this-for us it took two people.

Inspection did not reveal the problem...replaced the unit.

For some time my ice maker would leak and form a block of ice in the bin. But since it still made useable ice, I just lived with it. Then it stopped working all together. I took it out and cleaned it a couple of times, but it would only cycle one or two times before stopping. I was really skeptical that the new ice maker would solve the problem, but I tried it anyway. It has been in about 3 weeks now working like a charm. No leaks and cycles perfectly. Easy installation, works perfectly and solved all my ice maker troubles.

Biggest problem was unplugging the snap in wire connector behind the ice maker. Otherwise the repair was straight forward.

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.

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

Popped off front & popped it back on. As easy as could be. This is a fantastic site. Product arrived quickly. It was broken, but they refunded immediately and sent a new part immediately. Very impressive.

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.

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.

The repair was very easy. I only had to undo the harness from the refrigerator and remove three screws to take out the ice maker. After removing the part I simply removed the other end of the harness from the old ice make and attached it to the new one and replaced the new ice maker by plugging the harness back into the refrigerator and then replacing the three screws. In about 2 hours I had ice!!!