Well, now the PC issues are ok an ice maker in the fridge question arises...

starkiller
starkiller Posts: 2,723
edited January 2014 in The Clubhouse
Ice maker in Whirlpool Gold fridge making plastic clicking noises, like gears turning. Ice not being made. Scoped it out and at the rear of the ice-maker, wedged at the very edge was a cube. Finally got that dislodged but the clicking sounds are still there, whether the arm is up or down. Amazing how such a small sound gets really really annoying after hearing it for some hours :)

Thoughts??
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2014
    I put my refrigerator in the garage so that I didn't have to listen to its noises.
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited January 2014
    That would be great if I had the room and the wife wouldn't notice it was gone :)
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2014
    It opened up space in the kitchen for a nice wine rack. Once you get used to it, you don't mind going to the garage.
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  • j1mmy
    j1mmy Posts: 95
    edited January 2014
    Sound like you may have popped a tooth on one of the gears. Worst case it's got a timing issue. Pull it apart to know for sure.
    I was able to make multiple repairs to my ice maker during a two year period then it finally came down to replacing it.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2014
    My icemaker had that same type of sound/issue. I was able to pull the front cover off and their were a couple of plastic gears underneath the cover. One was split. I ordered a new gear from Sears Parts Direct, installed it, and all was well.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,695
    edited January 2014
    http://www.repairclinic.com/ once you find the problem. I too think gear got stripped a little.
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited January 2014
    Well, got home this evening after a long day of driving folks around to their various appointments and lo and behold the noise had stopped and when I dropped the lever down it started to make ice again! So it would appear that all is now well but just in case I am scoping out prices of a new ice maker :)

    Thanks for all the thoughts!
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