lg side by side duct door replacement. gwl227ybqa

[kwatt]

Re: lg side by side duct door replacement. gwl227ybqa

Not got a clue as I’ve not worked on one. I would have assumed there would be some resistance but not too much.

K.

[BobHope]

Re: lg side by side duct door replacement. gwl227ybqa

the soliniods a prone this fault the coil swells and jams the plunger.

Bob.

[sweeneyuk]

Re: lg side by side duct door replacement. gwl227ybqa

Thanks for your help. Thought the plunger seemed jammed, it would need a pretty powerful magnetic field to move it as I could only manage it with pliers.
Could there be a fault with the pcb that caused it to swell? Worried about replacing the solenoid and it failing straight away. Tried to measure the voltage across the spade connectors as I activated the ice and voltage jumped around between positive and negative. Thought I’d see a steady voltage when activated then zero when released?

[BobHope]

Re: lg side by side duct door replacement. gwl227ybqa

the plunger should be free moving, the coil is prone to swelling an this part, seen it quite a few times, a new soliniod will cure it, stick with at it you are near to sorting the problem.

Bob.

[Dave_Conway]

Re: lg side by side duct door replacement. gwl227ybqa

It’s here now on our website:

http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/6421jb20 … r-solenoid

Dave

[sweeneyuk]

Re: lg side by side duct door replacement. gwl227ybqa

bought the solenoid and the duct door now works a treat. HOWEVER was trying to see if the ice tray would fill and empty as its been switched off for nearly 2 years now. nothing was happening. started to unscrew everything inside but couldn’t remove the black retaining nut on the mechanism that rotates the ice dispenser and crusher. whilst it was off and hanging there i saw a button that said test and thought why not. this made the ice tray turn and then the flood off water went every where as it tried to refill the tray. at this point i realised maybe i should have put it all back together before pressing the test button.

I do have one more question for you experts, when the tray starts to turn, it seems to catch on the plastic shrouding then after about 10 degrees of turn starts to turn completely the other way but one end turns more than the other resulting in the tray twisting torsionally across its length. i dont ever remember hearing the cracking noise as it operated so wasnt sure if its somehow started to catch even though the ice production was perfectly fine before the duct door failed.
does the fact that 1 end twists more than the other happen on purpose so the ice is broken free and can drop out?
should it catch the shroud at all?

cant believe that as one problem is resolved it seems like another has arisen. any help appreciated.

oh, and the fridge bulb has blown. so will check for that also on here.

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