10686902 Kenmore Refrigerator - Instructions
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Bad fan motor
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Mark from Farmington Hills, MI
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Nutdriver
Pop off six mounting screws and the ground screw. Remove the fan blade and reattach. Reinstall. Save yourself big bucks.
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Fan was noisy - bearing had failed
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Karl from Wellesley, MA
- A Bit Difficult
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver
It's self-explanatory. The procedure is obvious; it's just a little difficult. The only hard part is attaching the mounting brackets to the fan. If you can't tighten the mounting bolts, loosen them and reposition the brackets. You might end up mispositioning them at first, because they are hard to reach.
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Broken plastic part at top of water fill tube to freezer
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Jay from Mt. Pleasant, WI
- Really Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Screw drivers, Socket set
Simple. 1st, removed broken part to understand part (water fill tube to freezer, plastic part at top of fill tube cracked). 2nd go on your web site and look at prints to find part number, Study video to understand video. 3rd. Called customer service and lady was very nice and efficient. Placed order and received. Study video again a
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nd installed. My 9 year old grandson was visiting from out of town and assisted in installation. Just over 30 minutes to install
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Mounting bracket was riveted on old motor, mounting bracket holes on new motor were different
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MIKE from ARLINGTON, OR
- A Bit Difficult
- 1- 2 hours
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
removed shims on screws holding motor together, enlarged hole in mounting bracket so motor screws could also go through mounting brackets.
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freezer (later fridge too) wouldn't stay cold~
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David from MARYLAND HTS, MO
- Very Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver
****Make are you order Capacitor & Starter relay too (we ordered separtely so had to pay shipping twice)**** Super easy just open access panel on back near compressor and remove retention clip with fingers, remove & replace both capacitor & starter, put clip and acce
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ss panel back on, plug in and allow 8 hours to cool! Works like new again! Hope it goes another 10 years
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Kickplate support Clips failed
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Edward from Mequon, WI
- Really Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Screw drivers
Replacing the support clips was simple. But since the replacements were the same as the ones that had failed, I modified them by epoxying metal strips on each side of the fingers which had failed. Without this mod I think they would have failed very shortly like the original ones did. This added a half hour to the repair.
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replacing evaporator fan
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Steve from SAN CARLOS, CA
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
My fridge did not have icemaker add on. The evap fan is in the freezer behind the back panel. Empty the freezer section (into a cooler) and turn the fridge off. Remove all the shelves in freezer section. Remove the shelf support tabs by lifting them up. use phillips head screwdiver to remove back panel in freezer section. Use nut driver t
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o remove fan shroud. Remove old fan and save the mounting arms. Install mounting arms on new fan and install fan. Install shroud, back panel, shelf mounts and shelves. Thats it!
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Outer case of freezer was heating up, not making ice (sometimes) turned up thermostat several times (especially freezer)
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John from Greensboro, NC
- A Bit Difficult
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver
I got the product very quickly. (thank you) Looked at online instructions that were quite vague. Pulled plug.Removed the holder for the fan motor slid it out to see what I had. Removed the mounting screws (3) and slid the motor an fan blade out. I made a cut between the wires and marked the "top" wire to motor to be sure to spin in right
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direction. Removing fan blade hold down clamp was NOT explained at all but I noted that the shaft on the motor was threaded, so I used pliars and held the shaft white un-screwing clamp. I cleaned the fan blades with degreaser and scraped edges of opening on holder opening. Make sure to use ALL the NEW parts included with this kit when re-installing. They send them for a reason. When slpicing and connecting wires it is a 50/50 shot if you don't mark before cutting. You can connect and try plugging fridge back for moment and make sure it is blowing OUT. Put everything back together and after turning DOWN the thermostats twice, fridge is back to usual. Ice maker is cranking out ice and outside case is cool to the touch.
Note: This can be a DIRTY job especially with 4 dogs in house. Fir and grease don't mix well
Note: This can be a DIRTY job especially with 4 dogs in house. Fir and grease don't mix well
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noisy fridge, perimeter of door heating up
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craig from maple grove, MN
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Nutdriver, Pliers
figured out the condenser fan was kaput. Tried WD, worked for several days then gave out completely. Took off back of fridge and trained small fan on compressor while I ordered new condenser fan. The swap was easy, undid the housing bolts, stripped off the connector, reconnected and voila! works perfect.
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The plastic water fill tube got cracked when we moved. I called a parts company and they told me they couldn't just sell me the tube I would have to buy a whole kit for about $50 dollars. I decided to glue the tube. It worked for a while then it started leaking. So I thought I would have to buy
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Joseph from Chesterfield, MO
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Screw drivers
I hand screwed the fill tube into the water tube and stuck it into the freezer hole. I screwed the fill tube to the back of the refrigerator.
Thanks so much! You saved me a bundle!!
Thanks so much! You saved me a bundle!!
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refrigerator was overheating, condensor fan dead.
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David from Granada Hills, CA
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
First I removed all the screws from the back cover.
2nd removed fan nut and fan blade
3rd removed fan bracket
4th I traced wire to the condenser and disconnected wires from wire nuts.
Installed existing fan brackets to new motor kit
then reconnected wire nuts to new motor cord
Reinstalled fan nut and blade ... Read more ,
reinstalled cover, plugged it in and BAM .WORKS PERF!
2nd removed fan nut and fan blade
3rd removed fan bracket
4th I traced wire to the condenser and disconnected wires from wire nuts.
Installed existing fan brackets to new motor kit
then reconnected wire nuts to new motor cord
Reinstalled fan nut and blade ... Read more ,
reinstalled cover, plugged it in and BAM .WORKS PERF!
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Connection leaked as tube entered freezer
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Robert from MERRIMACK, NH
- Very Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
Followed video and had one problen, the metal pipe would not release as shown,so I used a hacksaw between the plastic and metal pipe, removing the metal pipe from inside as the video shows. Good instructions.
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One of the front wheels was broken in half.
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John from INNSBROOK, MO
- Very Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Nutdriver
Very easy. Left the front of the refrigerator so it is approx. 4 inches of the floor. (used a two by four. Removed the screws (one for each roller). Removed the rollers and replaced with new rollers. Reinstalled the screws with secures the rollers to the refrigerator. Done
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Broken kickplate retainers
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Joe from STRATFORD, OK
- Very Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Screw drivers
replaced retainers. remove and replace four(4) phillips screws.
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No cold
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Jacqueline from LEXINGTON PK, MD
- Very Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Nutdriver, Pliers
Like you video
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