Samsung Older French Door Refrigerator - Freezer Icemaker Replacement
ID: 177984
Description: The freezer icemaker produces ice for the ice...
Steps:
- Unplug your refrigerator before you begin your repair.
- If you are testing or repairing the following items, you may also need to shut off and disconnect the water supply:
- Condenser fan motor
- Compressor motor and thermal overload device
- Water supply valve assembly
- Open the freezer drawer.
- Pull out the upper freezer drawer.
- Lift the front edge of the drawer.
- Remove the drawer by lifting it up and out of the freezer compartment.
- Unclip the basket hinge retainer by tilting the rear edge up and remove it from the drawer rail.
- Release the small drawer basket and lift it up and out.
- Lift the drawer basket out of the drawer frame and remove it.
- Use a 3/8" socket wrench, box wrench, or open end wrench to remove the bolts securing the drawer front to the right drawer slide.
- Repeat the process for the left drawer slide.
- Lift the drawer front upwards to free it from the drawer slides.
- Remove the drawer front.
- Rotate the slide connector rod until you can access the retaining pin.
- Use a pair of long nose pliers to squeeze the retaining pin shank to release it.
- Pull the retaining pin out of the hole.
- Slide the connecting rod to the right to free the left end of the rod.
- Remove the rod by lifting it upward and sliding it back to the left.
- Use a #2 Phillips driver to remove the retaining screws.
- Two views of the same screws are shown for clarity. There are not four screws.
- Pull the icemaker forward parallel to the top of the freezer.
- This will release the icemaker from the freezer top.
- Reposition the icemaker and hold it in one hand to prepare to disconnect it.
- Grasp the icemaker connector (the one to the front) and squeeze the release tab.
- Pull the connector out from the socket.
- Remove the ice maker.
- This view shows the slots that the mounting studs on the freezer top for reference when reassembling.
