12001747 Maytag Ice Maker - Instructions

Checked the ice tray and could only find the drive ring had some breaks in the plastic. Actually did not see why this would stop the auger from turning and dispensing ice. However this was the only thing I could find wrong with the unit. I pulled the tray, removed 6 screws (star tip heads) pulled the auger forward and replaced the drive wheel, put the unit back together and its been working fine ever since.

Removed broken enclosure,mounted the motor and solinoid on the new unit.Then installed it back into the ice maker. WE HAVE ICE AGAIN!

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.

Repair was relatively easy. I found several videos on You Tube on repairing or replacing Solenoid & Ice Maker Auger Motor. They weren't broken but those videos show how to replace them and remove ice enclosure, which was the part broken. Only issue was removing yoke off the motor. It has reverse threads and videos had shown holding shaft of motor with needle nose pliers to hold it while you thread off the yoke. You need good needle nose pliers with teeth on them or the shaft will slip in them. I had to go buy new pair while repairing. It's all goes back together perfectly! I took pictures of the assembly, before I removed everything and needed to refer back to them when I was reconnecting the wires.

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.