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Mine is a 7 -8 year old separate Freezer with an "Electronic Ice Maker inside. It seems to overfill with water a small amount which overtime freezes all the cubes in the storage bin. Is there a way to adjust the amount of water per cycle?

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  • foxgroup3 Feb 11, 2011

    Upon looking it appears that the only thing in the front of the ice maker is the electric motor

  • foxgroup3 Feb 11, 2011

    I assume you are talking about the icemaker motor which is working to make cubes properly. The problem is that there is too much water loaded into the tray

  • foxgroup3 Feb 11, 2011

    I took out the icemaker to look for a n arm

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None,this water cycle is controlled exclusively by the "mother-board/main-board in the lower rear area of the unit,the only other possibility would be is if the water solenoid valve isn't completely shutting off and letting water enter after a timed fill per the motherboards circuit timer or you are using the wrong ice cube tray(s) that may be of too small capacity,the boards new number is WR55X10942 made by G.E.Corp

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Hi, if your water is overfilling then you probably need a faceplate for your icemaker. If you remove the cover on your icemaker(pry on the corners and pull at same time) You will see a screw with a spring on it. That adjust the water flow. If you tighten you decrease the water. Make sure the gears are not corrioded. If it is. Replace the plate with the gears on it.

  • Anonymous Feb 11, 2011

    If that be the case, check if the motor is working..

  • Anonymous Feb 11, 2011

    Check out the level arm and make sure it is operating correctly. There should be a limit switch that it bumps into when the tray is full, double check to make sure this is functioning correctly.

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