Scotsman Ice FME504, NME454 Removal and Replacement Auger, To Remove the Auger, Auger is, Stuck

Models: FME504 FME804 NME654 NME454

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NME454, 654 & FME504, 804

REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT: Auger

Hazardous Moving

Parts.

Moving auger can cause personal injury. Disconnect electrical power before beginning.

To Remove the Auger:

Turn off the water to the machine, and unclip the evaporator drain hose, pull it down and drain the evaporator into the bin or a container.

1.The top panel must be removed.

2.Remove bail clip and remove ice chute cover.

3.Unscrew ice sweep.

4.Remove ice chute body.

5.The auger and breaker/bearing may now be removed as an assembly.

e. If the auger is stuck use a slide hammer type puller to pull on the auger at the threaded hole. The size of that hole is 5/8"-18.

Inspect the auger, the critical areas of the auger are:

1.The auger body. It should be clean and shining. Sometimes an auger will appear clean when wet, but after it is dry it will be seen to be stained. Scrub the auger with ice machine cleaner and hot water.

Ice machine cleaner is an acid. Handle it with extreme care, keep out of the reach of children.

2.The water seal area. Because the auger has been removed, the water seal will have to be replaced. Remove the water seal top half from the auger, and inspect the auger for minerals clean as required.

a. Unscrew 4

allen head cap

BREAKER

 

AND AUGER

 

screws holding

 

ASSEMBLY

 

breaker to

 

 

 

evaporator.

 

 

b. Lift up on

 

 

breaker and

 

SLIDE HAMMER

remove auger

 

 

 

from

 

PULLER

evaporator.

 

 

Note: If the

FME

 

Components

 

auger is

THREAD INTO THE

Shown, NME

stuck, the

AUGER HERE

similar.

breaker must

 

 

 

be removed

 

 

from the

 

 

auger.

 

 

The breaker

 

 

may be

 

 

removed from

 

 

the auger and

 

 

evaporator without disturbing the auger.

 

 

a. Unscrew breaker cover from breaker (left hand threads)

b. Unscrew auger stud from top of auger.

c. Unscrew 4 allen head cap screws holding breaker to evaporator.

d. Lift up & remove breaker from evaporator.

January 2007

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Scotsman Ice FME504, NME454, NME654, FME804 manual Removal and Replacement Auger, To Remove the Auger, Auger is, Stuck

FME504, FME804, NME654, NME454 specifications

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