Ice Maker Assembly

Ice Maker Assembly

James from IN

Icemaker stopped working

Screwdriver

My icemaker stopped working. The service tech charged me $45 to confirm that the icemaker was no longer making ice. He said I needed parts (new icemaker and a 'board'), that his office would call me with an estimate, and that it would take 5 business days to get parts. The estimate came in at $390. On a Friday, I found Parts Doctor, ordered the part for just under $100 - and found a YouTube video on how to install it. Part was on my doorstep when I got home Monday evening. 15 minutes later - the old one was out - the new one was in - and I had ice that night. Easy, easy. Parts Doctor was great.

Ice Maker Assembly

Vernon from TX

Samsung Refrigerator (RS267TDWP) icemaker quit working.

Phillip's head screwdriver, 2 lg flat blade screwdrivers (for prying) and one small flat blade screwdriver (for uncoupling electrical plug)

Icemaker was the suspected culprit since the door water dispenser was still working fine. Note that there is a good YouTube video on replacing this exact icemaker (www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj-Xl3rkypw). Several additional points may be helpful: * Turn off the icemaker on the front panel. No need to turn off the refrigerator or water supply. * Once the ice bucket, cover, 3 icemaker retaining screws and 4 panel screws are removed, the panel is not necessarily easily pulled off the door. It took two flat blade screwdrivers working together on the upper left side of the panel edge to finally pop that side loose. If you have plastic pry tools, they may be preferable, since a bit of scarring occurred with the steel screwdrivers. * Finally, disconnecting the electrical plug was difficult until a small screwdriver was inserted into the flat plastic retaining prong on the icemake plug. Note that this repair job is very easy, if you have done it once. However, without the video, getting to the electrical plug behind the panel is not obvious.

Ice Maker Assembly

Joey from LA

Ice Maker was not releasing ice cubes

Screwdriver

Ice maker quit making ice. Notices that the ice was being frozen, but would never leave the tray. I used a hairdryer to loosen the ice in the tray and then the cubes were lifted out by the icemaker. Replaced with a new part because the heating element seemed to be defective on the old one. We now have a lot of ice again.