Whirlpool 4387020 Ice Maker Cutting Grid Wire Kit OEM Part

This was a fairly easy process. 1) Tighten one of the wire ends to a screw and keep the wire as taut as possible while wrapping it through the grid. Brace the grid against a corner wall, or held within a vice (don't over tighten in this instance). 2) Be sure to have the second screw ready to tighten, and again, keep the wire taut as you wrap it around this screw. It may take some re-wrapping to eliminate slack. 3) After the lower wrapped section is complete, repeat for the upper wire grid. The wire is quite sturdy, and following my first attempt the installation worked perfectly. Excellent cube cutting has returned.

After some light investigation I found that the ice cutter wire broke without the ice cutter wire, the sheet of ice will just build up and not drop ice cubes. I also noticed some calcium buildup around the water inlet valve where it has been slowly leaking over time. To bring this appliance back to life, I decided to replace the entire ice cutter wire with new wire and replace the water actuator and water supply tubing.

The folks at appliance parts pros kindly sent me a service manual for my ice maker. I eventually figured out I had a broken wire on the ice cutting grid. I ordered the new wire which was simple to replace. Now the ice maker works perfectly.

Put new cutter wire on cutting grid frame.

I used the "Wire Cutter Kit" i bought, sat down at a work bench and took the old one apart, threaded the new wires through the holes creating a new cutter grid and i was making ice within an hour.