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RS1200004 Rev. 0
Disassembly Procedures
!
WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect electrical power source to unit, unless test
procedures require power to be connected. Discharge capacitor through a resistor before attempting to service.
Ensure all ground wires are connected before certifying unit as repaired and/or operational.
Evaporator Removal
NOTE:
Reclaim refrigerant per instructions in “Service
Procedures” before attempting evaporator
removal. To avoid system contamination, do not
leave system open for more than 10 minutes.
1. Remove heat exchanger and machine compartment
covers from back of unit.
2. Unbraze suction tube at compressor.
3. Score and break capillary tube at drier.
4. Straighten heat exchanger. Then pull evaporator and
heat exchanger as an assembly, out, through front of
freezer compartment.
NOTE
: If Styrofoam block in back wall of cabinet
exterior is damaged during evaporator removal
or replacement, repair damaged area with
mastic sealer.
Drawer Assembly (some models)
1. Open drawer to fully open position.
2. Remove upper basket.
3. Remove shipping screws one in each rail marked on
side of rail.
4. Lift front of drawer up and out to remove drawer.
Drawer Rails
1. Remove screws inside plastic rail retainer.
2. Pull front end of each glide away from the wall and in,
toward center of compartment. That motion frees
tabs at back ends of glides from slots in compartment
walls. Pull glides free of slots and remove glides.
3. Remove rails from retainer by depressing plastic tabs
on back side of retainer.
4. Slide rails off of retainer.
Bottom of cabinet
Front Roller Assembly
1. Remove toe grille by pulling it straight away from unit.
2. Raise front of refrigerator at least 4" off the deck and
block it up.
3. Working at front of unit remove two roller-assembly
mounting screws.
4. Remove roller assembly from unit.
Rear Roller Assembly
NOTE:
Condensate drip pan may spill when steps 1
thru 4 are performed. Have a towel ready to
mop up spillage.
1. Raise back of refrigerator at least 4" off the deck and
block it up.
2. Remove condenser-fan grille, heat-exchanger cover
and machine-compartment cover.
3. Remove two rear mounting bolts from compressor.
4. With a Torx driver, remove mounting screws from
both ends of cabinet brace.
5. Remove rollers from cabinet brace by sliding roller
axles lengthwise, so they fall out of brace.
Machine compartment
Defrost Timer
1. Remove toe grille by pulling it straight away from unit.
2. Locate timer box at right front corner of unit, and
remove screws that hold lid on box.
3. Remove lid, reach in, and unplug harness leads from
defrost timer.
4. Remove lid and timer as an assembly. Then separate
lid and timer by removing screws that hold timer to
lid.
Condenser Fan & Fan Motor
1. Remove mounting screws from condenser fan
mounting plate.
2. Work mounting plate up, off mounting tabs. Unplug
wiring harness connector from fan motor and remove
condenser fan assembly from unit.
3. On backside of fan motor, screws secure the motor to
its brackets. Remove those screws.
4 Note which side of fan blade is “front” and which side
is “rear.” Then use pliers to loosen nut that secures
fan blade to motor shaft. Remove nut and fan blade.
Condensate Drain Pan
NOTE:
Condensate drip pan may spill when steps 1
thru 4 are performed. Have a towel ready to
mop up spillage.
1. Remove heat-exchanger cover, condenser-fan grille
and machine-compartment cover.
2. Remove, but do not disassemble, condenser fan
motor and mounting plate per instruction above.
3. Remove rear compressor bolts. Pull machine tray, as
an assembly, about 4" rearward.
4. Reach into machine compartment and pop plastic
drip pan up, off metal mounting clips. Remove pan
from unit.
Condensate Drain Tube
1 Remove heat-exchanger cover, condenser-fan grille
and machine-compartment cover.
2. Drip tube is mounted to bottom of cabinet with “P”
clamps. Reach into machine compartment and
remove screws that secure the “P”clamps.
3. Pull drip tube down, off drain nipple and back, out of
unit.