I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig with the ice
and water in the door.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started
creaking while it is making ice. I can put my hand on it while it
creaks and feel a vibration.

Any body point me to where I might start looking for the problem?

Thanks
--
Tim

Probably in the ice maker. Generally, they aren't field servicable except to
remove and replace.

Does it make good ice? Might just be a side effect of the operation.

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Christopher A. Young
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"Intergate" wrote in message
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I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig with the ice
and water in the door.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started
creaking while it is making ice. I can put my hand on it while it
creaks and feel a vibration.

Any body point me to where I might start looking for the problem?

Thanks
--
Tim

Still making ice fine but just got noisy yesterday and noise is
constant. Defianatly something wrong

--
Tim

[____]
(OIIIIIIO)


"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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Probably in the ice maker. Generally, they aren't field servicable
except to
remove and replace.

Does it make good ice? Might just be a side effect of the operation.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Intergate" wrote in message
...
I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig with the ice
and water in the door.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started
creaking while it is making ice. I can put my hand on it while it
creaks and feel a vibration.

Any body point me to where I might start looking for the problem?

Thanks
--
Tim

Intergate wrote:
I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig with the ice
and water in the door.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started
creaking while it is making ice. I can put my hand on it while it
creaks and feel a vibration.

Any body point me to where I might start looking for the problem?

Thanks
--
Tim

Hi,

I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig

Check your warranty in the use&care manual, many of these have a 2 year
parts only warranty.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started
creaking while it is making ice.

Bad motor inside the icemaker, chemical build up on the mold parts
making the cubes hard to eject, broken/breaking arm inside the icemaker
head....probably new icemaker time.

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/

"Intergate" wrote

Still making ice fine but just got noisy yesterday and noise is constant.

If the noise is constant, it isn't coming from the icemaker. The icemaker
motor only runs when it's harvesting the cubes. Are you sure it isn't the
freezer fan motor?

I would take the ice collection tray out if you have one and just look
around for any obstructions first. Maybe something from the freezer flew
into the cube tray or where they rotate out of the maker.
ares


"Intergate" wrote in message
...
I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig with the ice
and water in the door.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started
creaking while it is making ice. I can put my hand on it while it
creaks and feel a vibration.

Any body point me to where I might start looking for the problem?

Thanks
--
Tim

"Intergate" wrote in message
...
I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig with the ice and water
in the door.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started creaking while
it is making ice. I can put my hand on it while it creaks and feel a
vibration.

Any body point me to where I might start looking for the problem?

Thanks
--
Tim

this is Turtle.

Jeff here posted about it and I think he is hitting it on the head as to the
problem.

TURTLE

If you notice that your ice making had decreased in the same period that the
noise started you might check to see if some ice is stuck and causing the
plastic arms to stick. That happened to mine a few times, water spills over
and ice forms and when the prongs that pop the ice cubes out got to rotate
they can't because the ice has them stuck, this can make it creek...

If you are making ice as much as you always has it may be something else....
but it's worth checking it out.


"TURTLE" wrote in message
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"Intergate" wrote in message
...
I have a year and a half old Maytag side by side refrig with the ice and
water
in the door.

All of a sudden yesterday the ice maker in the freezer started creaking
while
it is making ice. I can put my hand on it while it creaks and feel a
vibration.

Any body point me to where I might start looking for the problem?

Thanks
--
Tim

this is Turtle.

Jeff here posted about it and I think he is hitting it on the head as to
the
problem.

TURTLE

"No" wrote in message ...
If you notice that your ice making had decreased in the same period that the
noise started you might check to see if some ice is stuck and causing the
plastic arms to stick. That happened to mine a few times, water spills over
and ice forms and when the prongs that pop the ice cubes out got to rotate
they can't because the ice has them stuck, this can make it creek...

If you are making ice as much as you always has it may be something else....
but it's worth checking it out.


This is Turtle.

The Creeking noise that you speak about is the plastic gears slipping when
waiting for the mold heater element to make the ice cubes turn loose and also
make the creeking noise when the fingers are hung up in anyway, too. If the
gears are real good and not worm any at all. the gears will not slip and make
the creeking noise. Now when they start creeking while normal operation the
gears are getting worm down and will in the future bite the dirt when they break
a tooth or two.

The O.P. did say it was still making ice so being stuck long term was not the
case. Now it could have spell where it would start and then stop hanging up with
ice holding the teeth.

I really don't know because I can't see it from here and he has that Ford
Station Wagon parked in the way.

TURTLE