Whirlpool GD5SHAX Side by Side Refrigerator "bar down ice" Questions

bar down in case it will break something. Is this a busted motor ? Thanks. I have not worked on this model before but on the whirlpool they have a bar as well. you can turn off ice maker by pushing it

...down? The bar should be down in ice making mode, if you ever noticed the bar rises upon ejection of ice cubes from the tray, and falls to its postion hovering above the ice bin, as the bin gets full ...

bar is down, it will make ice. If the bar is up, it will stop making ice. When there is enough Ice in the tray, when the bar comes downm, it will hit the ice. If the bar is not completely down, no ice

...bar is down, the ice maker is on. During normal ice maker operation, the bar is up (the ice maker turns off) while the unit drops ice into the holding bin. The bar comes down (the ice maker turns on) ...

...bar be up or down to make ice when the bar is up...it's off.. it's a sensor that will lift up as the ice tray gets full... otherwise you might have a freezer full of cubes! So if it's up, it's off... ...

...bar back down after the ice drops into the bucket. If the bar hits the ice cubes in a full bucket, the ice maker shuts off. If the bar drops all the way and dosen't touch ice cube, the ice maker ...

...down. If there is no bar, then I guess there in no way your ice maker knows when it is full and keeps producing. Perhaps the bar was removed, bent or broken off. At least tht is one type of ice maker ...

...enough ice is made moves a little while in the up position. lifting the bar to the full up position is how you stop the ice maker from making ice. move the bar back down and ice making will

...that flips up when the ice bin is too full. When this happens, the ice maker shuts off and you have to flip the bar back down to restart it. Have you checked that this high level bar is flipped

...bar up or down ?? The bar will sense ice cube level in the holding bin. If it is all the way down it will tell the ice maker to make more ice. When the maker "dumps" the ice the bar should be all the ...