RF28HMEDBSR (AA-0005) Samsung Refrigerator - Instructions

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.

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.

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.

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.

Took out the screw, removed the broken part, put new part on, put retaining screw back in.

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.

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.

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.