Whirlpool Part Number 8201756: ICE DOR KT

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The flap that normally covers the ice dispenser chute on my Whirlpool refrigerator stopped working. It would not seal properly, which caused moisture to freeze up the mechanism that crushes and dispenses ice--which meant no ice could be dispensed at all. It was "reach into the bucket and get some ice" for a while until I found this kit. While any repair kit that uses some type of super-adhesive to mount additional hardware (not visible after installation, by the way, which is good) and requires you to take needle-nose pliers and break off the little plastic things that originally supported the flap can cause some apprehension in someone with little confidence in their repair skills (me), it worked perfectly. Some aspects of the replacement directions did have me scratching my head for a few minutes, but the end result was a complete success.

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This repair kit for the refrigerator ice door worked for my Kitchenaid Refrigerator KSRP22F. I did this repair a few months ago and it is working OK. There is some frost and ice buildup inside now around the ice container which I clear away easily every few weeks. So the ice door seal must not be perfect when closed, but it's satisfactory and I am glad have the system working.

I think this repair is harder than others have suggested because it is not easy to see and get at. You must first do some disassembly just to verify that you have a broken hinge. During the actual repair, I ended up with a small flashlight in my mouth to see up in there.

The good news is that many others have done this repair before you. On the Internet, you will learn how to take the front panel off and you will print up a good photo of the ice door assembly properly installed. You want to see how the mechanism looked before your hinge broke and before all the pieces came loose. This picture will be useful because the kit's instructions have tiny black & white pictures that don't show clear details. But the written instructions have no errors.

I ended up adding my own 1/4 inch plastic bushing at the right end of the ice door assembly metal shaft. I did this as a spacer because, in my case, the new ice door assembly would otherwise move slightly to the right along its shaft after each use until it would get out of working position. The ice door assembly needs to stay to the left up against the ice dispenser lever (the one you push in for ice). Your pressing the ice lever in is what opens the ice door and the lever's alignment to the ice door parts must stay in place for proper ice door opening.

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The product works perfectly. However, the previous reviews are 100% correct that the instructions are poor at best. It could definitely use larger color pictures and better descriptions. For example, there is a third tab near the two you have to break off. I inadvertently broke the wrong one. It turns out this tab is used to hold the pin for the hinge to the flapper door in place. After it was reassembled, the flapper door kept falling out of place, much as it had done prior to the repair. I managed to rig it with the use of a screw through the back to mimic the tab I inadvertently removed and that seems to have worked. Again, good product, lousy documentation.

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This was a perfect fix for that cheap plastic hook that broke so easily on my ice dispenser. It was easy to install, although the panel and several parts had to be removed to do it. My only complaint is that it uses an adhesive pad to mount itself, although I can't see how else it would work. It was a bit strange that it had adhesive pads that the instructions specifically said not to use. So then why are they there?

Before installing, you must break off the existing tabs that the ice door pivots on, so get a pair of needle-nose pliers ready. It also seems to be rather expensive for a piece of metal and a plastic door, considering I just purchased something far more complicated to fix the ice maker at a fraction of the cost, but it's still less than the repairman wanted for the part.

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This kit uses metal to replace a segment of a much larger molded plastic part. The plastic in the original design was not of sufficient strength to support the spring loaded stress to completely close the ice dispenser door located in the side by side freezer door of the refrigerator. The kit solves the problem adequately, but some mechanical aptitude is needed to properly align the kit bracket so the ice dispenser door closes properly. My only complaint is that the manufacturer profits from it's own design flaw with a ridiculous price of $50.00 plus for the repair kit. The fix works, the Amazon service was great. Since I bought the kit, I did receive a notice from Amazon offering a significantly lower price for the kit, (which was too late to benefit me).