Icemaker Arm Stuck

[Dennyg]

The ice maker arm in my freezer is stuck halfway between on and off. I tried gently moving it but the arm doesn't budge. Any suggestions on
what to do next?

[bshort]

Try using a hair dryer on it. I've watched the repair man enough inside mine to see he likes to defrost everything.

[donpilot]

Hair dryer to defrost everything. NOTHING more powerful than a hait dryer, low setting is best. Everything in there is plastic and will make a mess if you aren't VERY careful. NO heat gun of any sort. (Experience talking).

[Dennyg]

Thanks guys, the hair dryer worked.

[okiebass]

i saw another trick to use if your water line keeps freezing----you put a piece of weedeater string in the water tube. There is a video on youtube on how its done. Mine was freezing up all the time. I used this trick and keeps it clear of ice .

[barbarian]

i saw another trick to use if your water line keeps freezing----you put a piece of weedeater string in the water tube. There is a video on youtube on how its done. Mine was freezing up all the time. I used this trick and keeps it clear of ice .

Interesting. On first thought, I would think it would make it easier to freeze.

[lakefolk]

you probably need a new ice maker, the heater that runs to loosen the cubes probably quit therefore the ice maker couldn't push the cubes out and stuck mid cycle

[larryhyco]

you probably need a new ice maker, the heater that runs to loosen the cubes probably quit therefore the ice maker couldn't push the cubes out and stuck mid cycle

I agree with this. Buy a new unit. They are fairly simple to replace

[bshort]

My ice maker would stop making ice. The problem was a heating strip that is supposed to keep the fill tube from freezing.

[sorrybasser]

i saw another trick to use if your water line keeps freezing----you put a piece of weedeater string in the water tube. There is a video on youtube on how its done. Mine was freezing up all the time. I used this trick and keeps it clear of ice .

Every time my water fill tube froze up it was because the solenoid valve leaked. I just sand the rubber tip smooth and it fixes the problem. This would happen about every 4-5 years.

[okiebass]

I meant to say the water dispenser tube ( where you fill your glass with water) would freeze up . The weedeater string trick has worked great for that .

[Transom]

I not think this will be much help but when I need to loosen things that are stuck I spray it with pb blaster.