Product review (5 stars): Taking the easy way out.. no more pieces of plastic in my water glass
We knew that we could just replace the auger. Watched the video on u tube many times.  In the end we ordered the complete assembly because it was more practical than having  the time ,energy and patience to try to assemble it ourselves.  we simply plugged it in and turned it on ..viola!
For us it was the right choice and it works perfectly.