Refrigerator not dispensing ice or making grinding noises? This ice container assembly stores ice and includes the auger mechanism. Easy DIY repair.
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Ice container not dispensing ice; drive blade has come off Randy D. • San Antonio , TX • August 11, 2015
The drive blade has come off of the drum and the auger. When I try to dispense ice and the auger rotates, the drive blade does not rotate with it. Hence, the drive blade was not pushing ice into the drum (and into the ice crusher housing and dispense chute). Apparently, the hole of the drive blade was no longer "biting" the auger so that it will rotate with it. I did not know how to re-attach the drive blade back to the auger (short of welding it). So I ordered the Ice Container Assy. Took out...
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