Ice Maker -cube selection

My ice maker will not switch from chipped/shaved ice back to cubes. The touch buttons seem to work, but whatever signals the change appears not to work.

Andy Quittner Aug 29, 2006

Thanks. Good information. The rod flips, but the solenoid seems to be frozen. Next step is take out solenoid, and either replace it, or see if I can determine why it is frozen.
Andy Quittner Sep 05, 2006

Ordered a new solenoid, took less than 10 minutes to install - undo one screw, pull out ice maker (disconnect harness from back of freezer), then four screws, replace and reverse the above. Now it works just like new.

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Banjo, pull the ice bin out. You will see a rod on the back of it. See if it flips up and down by hand. This rod does the switching from crushed to cube in the bin. In back of the freezer where the rod inserts there will be a cradle that pulls up by a solenoid. With the bin out and the door switch held shut have someone press the ice lever and see if the soleniod is pulling the cradle up. If not the next logical move would be to see if the solenoid is getting 120V when the lever is depressed. If it is and is not moving, there's your problem. Check the bin first and see if it is not all clumped up with ice. Catriver...post back

Posted on Aug 26, 2006

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