Ice Door Strike WP61005886

Taking everything apart and eyeballing what was wrong only took 15 minutes and one tool, the T15 torx driver ... a star screwdriver.

Disclaimer: I am 79 with arthritis. This should have taken about 15 minutes to put together. I made a couple of errors. I did not wind the ice door spring tight enough. It needs to be wound almost two turns ... so I had to do it over again. This is where I needed the long nose pliers to wind the spring.

The second mistake was I did not unplug the refrigerator. That is a basic safety precaution. I did not get shocked, but while I was working on it the ice was melting and refreezing, which created an ice jam at the ice door. All is working now. It is always satisfying to have fixed it myself.

Used your instructions . went very well about 10 min.

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 $$$$$$$$$$$$$

It was only the door but it wouldn't come out without disassembly of the entire dispensing section; this meant removing the front section and disconnecting 2 pcs from 3 wire harnesses...much more involved than I thought. The spring and strike were fine, but when I reassembled the unit it didn't work. The key was the mechanical connection with the solenoid. It is not obvious and directions would have been helpful. BTW unlike me, flip the power off. I got a good shock from the accuator.

Parts arrived within a couple of days. Repair was easy using a torx driver. I removed the screws that held the cover onto the door and then a couple more once the cover was removed. Ice door snapped into place and reassembly was a simple reversal of the disassembly. Unit now works great. Parts were very reasonably priced and delivery was very timely.