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Evaporator frozen (refrigrator section) and allowing top section to lose cooling
This is the Samsung French door refrigerator style that so many people have complained about freezing up and not cooling the top section. I first changed out the defrost thermostat and this did not correct the problem. I done a quick resistance check on the temp sensor that's mounted on the evaporator itself. The resistance would change when holding an ice cube on the sensor so I just assumed it was ok. PLEASE TAKE NOTE: When performing a resistance check on this sensor, make sure your readings match the Samsung temp/resistance chart in their literature. My sensor was way off calibration and was causing the freeze up. Its working as designed now and DW is happy again. Learn from my mistake.
Main refrigerator was not cooling down adequately.
I looked up a YouTube video and it gave pretty well laid out instructions on how to replace the Twin fan assembly in the main compartment. There was also a suspicion that the sensor wasn't working properly and the fan had ice on it. Once I removed the main housing at the back of the inside of refrigerator it was relatively easy to replace the fan motor, and sensor. You have to follow the disassemble procedure closely in getting the main housing out. You have to remove the clear plate covering the water filter. Then remove the bottom shelf, which then gives you access to the large white back panel. After that its easy to replace the motor and sensor.
Replaced parts, as ordered - very simple. Watched the video before hand. Found that existing assembly did not have the "Y" clip installed. Been making ice for three weeks with no freezing up (yet) - time will tell.
OPENED THE LEFT SIDE REFRIGERATOR DOOR WHERE THE DEFECTIVE MECHANISM WAS. GOT UP ON THE FIRST STEP OF THE STEP STOOL,REMOVED THE PHILLIPS HEAD RETAINING SCREW FROM THE BROKEN PART.PUT THE NEW CLOSING MECHANISM IN PLACE AND RE-INSTALLED THE PHILLIPS HEAD SCREW. STEPPED DOWN FROM THE STEP STOOL AND SHUT THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR.
After watching a few you tube videos on the Samsung ice maker removal, this repair was not that bad. The key to this repair is PATIENCE! Unplug your fridge, have a steamer and Phillips & straight screw driver handy. Remove ice bucket, place rags or paper towels in bottom half of ice maker. Fire up your steamer and melt ALL ice before proceeding! Once all ice is gone, remove one screw to the left on cover for the wiring, remove plastic wire cover , remove screw just below ice maker itself, push locking tab in to release plastic lower tray attached to bottom of ice maker. Once you do this it exposes the refrigerant line (u shaped) under ice maker. If you can still see ice once that plastic cover drops down, yep... more steaming , if you try chip away any remaining ice damage will result to that refrigerant line then it’s game over. Fridge needs to be replaced! Once fully clear of ice , carefully pry that refrigerant line down a bit so it is released from the bottom of ice maker. Do not bend it down too far only enough so it will clear when pulling ice maker out. Un clip yellow electrical connector to ice maker and gently pull the ice maker towards you and down to fully remove. As you are pulling it out be sure refrigerant line does not get hung up. Once removed you may find more ice build up on top of auger assembly. All ice/ frost needs to be gone. Follow u shaped refrigerant line back towards the styrofoam, push one clip on each tube towards the back with the tab facing down! The plastic rectangle trim piece slides off fairly easy. This web page gives detailed pictures on what to expect, as there could be other issues in that ice compartment that need addressed! https://edmondappliancerepairokc.com/samsung-french-door-ice-maker-frosting-up/ Hope this helps, it sure made a difference in mine. The ice maker has been producing ice like never before!
Freezer door was dented. Found a new one at PartSelect.
1) Remove items from freezer. 2) Remove/lift out top slider drawer, and the in door slot tray. 3) Remove lower, large plastic tub/drawer bottom. 4) Remove 6 of the 8 phillips head screws that hold the sliders to the drawer front. 5) Remove while holding up the drawer front with foot, or other spacer to hold up the drawer front when removing the last 2 screws. 6) Pull rubber gasket out of the original drawer front, and press it into the new drawer front. 7) loosen the allen screw from the bottom right side of the handle. 8) slide the handle to the right to remove it from the old door. 9) Slide the handle in place onto the new door, and tighten the allen screw on the bottom right. 10) Place the new drawer front onto the slides. (There are 2 dowel type knobs that locate the drawer front correctly.) 11) Start 1 screw into each slider, making sure that the dowels line up with the holes in the sliders. 12) Install the remaining 6 screws holding the sliders to the drawer front. 13) replace the bottom tub, the slide drawer, and long slot tray. You're done, other than reloading your frozen items back in the freezer.
Partselect made the repair process incredibly easy by linking a how-to video that explained exactly what to do. Without the video, I was trying to take the whole washer apart, but the video noted a convenient opening that provided easy access. This is my second experience with Partselect, and I am definitely a fan. How you can maintain a stockpile of parts for so many appliances (as well as providing installation guidance for at least some items) is remarkable. Thanks.
Plastic housing for ice maker cracked preventing the internal mechanism from moving/emptying ice cubes
Since the ice maker was no longer able to empty ice and the problem was a large crack in the plastic housing right near where the internal screw connects to maker (which we were unable to fix with something simple like tape) we simply had to swap out the whole ice maker. It was just the process of pulling the old one out and sliding the new one in.
We misplaced the mounting screws for our handles while moving.
It was easy! I just used an alan wrench to losen the side bolt, then slid the handle into the new mounting screws that I had hand-screwed and then tightened it all up.