I found that an ice maker line behind the refrigerator has been kinked, most likely from pushing the fridge back against the wall and the line got caught in an awkward angle.

The way it's put together, is a soft 1/4" (I think it's 1/4" line connected to the angle valve at the wall. Then the soft copper line is connected to the plastic line from the refrigerator.







It is this connection between the soft copper and the plastic line that was kinked and now I can see a crease.





I shut the valve off and took this connection apart, thinking I can just cut off a short piece of the plastic line, but then I am thinking, perhaps I should remove the soft copper line altogether.

What is the best way to go from the valve on the wall to the plastic line from the refrigerator? A regular nylon 1/4" line?

If I cut the kinked section off, what is the best way to redo the connection?

Cut the line on the refrigerator, use a new ferrule, stiffener and coupling, run a braided flex line from there to the valve.

The braided flex line is better than I have and better than what I was going to say .. make the line nice and long ..suspend it from the refrigerator using a bungee .It was a mistake to use copper ...I had copper once .. it rotted out due to the water acidty..

OK, so I cut the plastic line right below where the bad kink is.

Get a new 1/4X1/4 compression coupling. One end of the compression coupling connects to the cut plastic line. The other end of the compression coupling I will throw away the ferrule and nut, and use the end of a new 1/4 braided line that should thread on directly.

Then the other end of the braided line I need to connect to the valve...I am not sure what is the outlet of that valve. It looks like it may be 3/8"? I am thinking to loosen the nut on the valve where it connects to the wall, and turn it 90 degrees so it faces down to avoid a kink/strain there. So at the valve I need something like a 3/8 compression X 1/4 MIP adapter in order to go to that braided line or can I use what is there that looks like a capped copper tee?

It would look better if you removed that valve and use a new 1/2 " X 1/4" valve.