This evaporator fan motor is located in the back of the freezer, and circulates air over the refrigerator coils. These coils will convert the heat into cool air, which is then circulated.
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This part fixes the following symptoms:
Fridge too warm | Noisy | Freezer section too warm
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Easy repair, perfect fit
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Super frozen bottom freezer; very warm fridge; evaporator fan motor would work after turning the fan blades manually, but once it stopped it would not come back on on its own.
Repaired as others have described - simply component part replacement. However, the fan blade shaft on the replacement motor was slightly smaller in diameter such that once the original fan blade was placed on it and the fan was running, the fan blade slid all the way down on the shaft and made contact with the motor. I had to use duct ta
... Read morepe to increase the shaft diameter and then put the fan blade on. Running perfectly now.
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James from WALWORTH, WI
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Socket set
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unit quit cooling - did diagnostics and found frozen evap motor
Emptied unit and removed screws holding panels at rear of freezer compartment. Removed panels. Removed two screws holding motor. Made diagram of wire locations and fan blade orientation. Removed three wires and fan blade from motor. Took new motor and installed wires and fan blade to motor. Installed motor with screws. Test ran frig and r
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Paul from KELSO, WA
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Nutdriver, Screw drivers
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Evaporator fan motor bearings were gone; refrigerator ran very loud as a result.
Removed panel and motor cover at rear of freezer compartment. This requires 1/4" nut driver. Removed motor assembly bracket and wiring, careful to note where ground, neutral and hot were attached. The entire assembly must be removed from the freezer compartment in order to swap new motor for old motor. Re-inserted assembly into freeze
... Read morer compartment, reattached wiring. Made sure all assembly screws were tightly fastened and wiring was correct. Re-attached panel cover and motor cover. I did note that a few of the 1/4" machine screws wobbled in the original holes; I used slightly larger, 5/16" head machine screws of identical length as replacements. New motor is much quieter. No longer sounds like a truck is idling in our home.
i order one part and i received a totally different, because i was not the same from the one it was at the picture when i was checking the evaporator fans you have available..i have to meke a lot of adaptations but at the last refrigerator start working fine.
David from park city, IL
Difficulty Level:
Difficult
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Nutdriver, Screw drivers, Socket set
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Loud noise. Noise would get louder with freezer door open. Noise stopped and refrigerator stopped cooling.
Noticed refrigerator making a noise, the noise would get louder when the freezer side door would be open. After awhile the noise stopped and noticed the refrigerator was no longer cooling. Looked in the freezer and noticed the back was iced up around the evaporator panel. Removed food and shelves on freezer side to gain access to the e
... Read morevaporator panel. Turned the Defrost timer knob manually to melt ice build up. Unplugged refrigerator. Then removed the 11 screws(1/4 inch screwheads). Noticed evaporater fan was stuck on fan shroud. Removed 2 (1/4 inch screwheads) and pulled the fan motor out. Noticed front bearing was leaking a black residue and that the motor shaft was extremely loose and not spinning true. Put back in for time being to order parts. Ordered parts from Partselect.com, website was easy to navigate and they had excellent diagrams of the parts. Ordered new evaporater fan, grommets, and fan blade. Received parts next day sooner then expected. Took a digital picture of fan motor wires to ensure proper re-install of wires afterwards. Unplugged refrigerator, removed two power wires and green grounding wire to fan motor. Took note of fan position on shaft and direction of fan fins. Took 2 (1/4 inch screwheads) to remove fan motor from fan motor mount. Removed old fan blade from old fan motor shaft to get front motor mount bracket off old motor. Put new grommets on new fan motor, put in fan motor mount, installed 2 screws. Installed new fan blade shaft on new motor shaft made sure it was the same depth on shaft as the old set up. Reinstalled motor into refrigerator with two screws, reinstalled wires, verified correctly hooked up with digital picture took. Plugged refrigerator back in, verified fan worked and proper direction of air flow, began cooling. Reinstalled panel and 11 screws, shelves and waiting for it to cool down before putting food back in. Cooled down, no problems since and noise is gone. Looked at old motor and noticed front bearing failed and wore down the shaft causing it to spin out of round and make the loud noise. Thank you Partselect.com for having the great web-site to navigate and diagrams to verify I was getting the correct parts.
Unplugged the refrigerator. Removed the screws from the access panel. Replaced the bad motor with the new motor. Works great . Probably saved myself $125.00 in a repair service call.
The web site and customer service from Partselect.com was outstanding. I had the part in two days. Their tracking system is wonderful. Fir
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Anthony from Grayson, GA
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
15 - 30 mins
Tools:
Socket set
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Freezer coils covered in ice - Refridgerator and freezer quit cooling
Removed screws on back cover plate in Freezer, disconnected fan assembly, removed fan assembly, removed propeller from fan assembly, and transferred it to new motor, installed new assembly, reconnected electrical connections, screwed on back cover plate - Viola!
Keith from Dallas, TX
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Nutdriver
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making noisy
Removed screws to pull the part out and took fan off. Put fan back on the new part and put it back in place. Runs very quiet !!!
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terrie from broomfield, CO
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
15 - 30 mins
Tools:
Socket set
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Glenn
May 7, 2018
Amana smd25tw Whirlpool 10513803 evaporator motor. Before I buy this part, If I have a read of 117v to my leads and the fan is not moving, I can be sure that the problem is the fan itself. Is that right?
For model number SMD25TW
Hi Glenn, Thank you for the question. Yes, if there is volts going to the fan and it is not turning on, the most common issue would be the fan motor. Hope this helps!