12001749 Maytag Refrigerator - Instructions

Replaced the plastic tray that holds the motor

remove ice bin,remove 1 screw on bottom of left side of enclosure, unhook harness and remove entire enclosure incuding auger moter. remove screws that hold auger motor to enclosure. remove screws holding solenoid to enclosure. re-install in reverse order, very simple repair. ordered part on monday afternoon it was on my doorstep on tuesday morning. very speedy delivery was really impressed , thank you very much!

Problem caused by ice cubes falling out of ice bin and collecting at rear and interfering with ice dispenser drive. Broke plactic drive ring. Pull down 2 clips at front bottom of ice bin. Pull ice bin out. Dump ice cubes. Remove 8 star drive screws to allow case to move far enough to clear broken drive ring. Replace drive ring. Reinstall and tighten 8 screws. Install ice bin. Correct loose right side ice cube retainer board to prevent cubes from falling out of ice bin.

removed torx screws and replaced ice bin drive ring.

Removed the ice tray bin and removed the ice tray support housing/auger housing. Make sure your unplug the auger and controls, 4 plug electric connector, from the back of the refrigerator prior to pulling the housing from the freezer! Disambled the auger motor and controls from the ice tray support housing and installed them in the new unit. Plugged in the electric connecter, slid it back in place, reinstalled, ice bin. Tada, ice through the door as designed. A major retail appliance repair company estimated this repair at $750. I completed it in 30 minutes with an $80 part...

Easy repair - Don't over complicate it. 1) Flip up ice bar to stop making new ice. 2) Pull out the complete ice bin/tray. 3) shut freezer door while you work on the ice bin. 4) All you need to do is remove the 4 screws holding the ice bin holding tray to the front of the Ice cutting section in the front. 5) Screw drive can then be pulled forward to remove the old/broken white drive cap. Just replace the White Drive ring, put the drive screw back into the ice bin tray and re-install the 4 screws. 6) When re-inserting the bin, you may have to twist the screw drive slightly to re-align with the motor bracket in the back of the freezer. Suggestion: throw out old ice because if it is wet or slightly melted, when you put it back in the freezer the ice will freeze/clump together into a large ice clump; not cubes. Also dry out the ice bin so there is no water to freeze up or create a new jam when the ice bin now re-freezes.

The only hard part of this rapair is getting the auger off the motor. I wasted a lot of time before driving to auto supply store and buying a set of thin needle nose locking plyers so I could get a true grip right behind the auger. Once I had that, it was just a matter of a lot of brute force and a second pair of big locking pliers I already had for grip on the auger.