Fixed my French door, bottom freezer refrigerator yesterday. [View all]

The freezer was maintaining temperature but the refrigerator was getting warm and I noted that there was no cold air blowing into the fridge even though it was running. My wife said it had made a noise earlier. I unplugged the fridge and removed all contents to the freezers and refrigerator in the basement. As it was late, I went to bed and planned on working on it the next morning.

The next day, I plugged the fridge back in and there was no air being blown into the fridge. I also heard a noise in the freezer compartment where the evaporator coil and fan would be. Thinking the fan could be shot, I unplugged the fridge again and looked on line for videos that would instruct me on how to access the blower. I didn't fin any that was specific for the GE model I had but saw enough to give me an idea on how to do it. It took awhile but I was able to get my way back to the cover and when I popped the cover off, I immediately saw the problem. The fan blade had come off the motor shaft. Looking at the fan blade, I saw that it was a compression ring that held it to the shaft so I simply pushed the fan blade back on the shaft. I gently pulled back on the fan blade assembly and it remained firm in place. Putting everything back in place was a heck of a lot easier and quicker then figuring out how to take it apart.

I plugged the fridge back in and when I heard the evaporator fan assembly kick in, I could feel the air being blown into the fridge. I shut the doors and in a few hours the fridge and freezer had dropped to normal temps so I put the food back in.

With the help of YouTube videos, I've been able to fix the dishwasher, microwave, dryer, washing machine , laptop, snow blower and now the fridge.