All Installation Instructions for Amana Refrigerator ATX518VW

drawers were caving in and not functional

I ordered the post, pulled it out of the box, pulled off the glass, pulled out the drawers. I looked at where the post looked like it shoul go and put it in. put the drawers in, glass on. It took me about 5 minutes and everything is perfect.

Parts Used:

Crisper Drawer Cover Support Post

sharon from san jose, CA
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins

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Support post for lowest shelf & crisper drawers broke.

The old piece had broken off, so no removal of the old part was necessary.

New post snapped right into place, no tools required.

Total time for repair was less than two minutes.

Parts Used:

Crisper Drawer Cover Support Post

R. from Berwyn, IL
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins

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Ice maker ejector arm broke into.

Removed old ejector arm and installed new part.

Parts Used:

Refrigerator Ejector Arm

Mary L. from Millsboro,, DE
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers

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Water line feeding ice maker was not producing ice

Take out the elbow fill tube and check to see if ice build up inside tube. Clean tube of ice build up. Replace tube back in. In my case that corrected my problem.

Parts Used:

Refrigerator Plastic Tube Insert

Daniel from SAINT ALBANS, VT
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Pliers, Socket set

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replace both door gasgets

did not remove the doors. did freezer first ,removed inner door planel install gasget on panel and reinstalled. the aloney problem i had was trying to resape the door gasget on the big door. which is still a little out of shape hopeing it will fall in line over time.

Parts Used:

Freezer Door Gasket

Refrigerator Door Gasket

ROBERT from SEEKONK, MA
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Nutdriver, Pliers

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broken hinge bearing on ice maker

Disconncted power, pulled plug on disconnect, loosened 3 ice maker attach screws, removed ice maker. carefully removed old broken part, to understand reasembly. Reinstalled new water fill & bearing part.. hung icemaker and tightened attach screws. Reattached electrical plug.. turned on power, it all worked. .took about 45 min to remove, 15 min to reinstall. Right tools needed re disassembly AND ASSEMBLY

Parts Used:

Refrigerator Water Fill Cup & Bearing

ROBERT from WESTFIELD, IN
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers

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On the move The part went missing.

Put the support in

Parts Used:

Crisper Drawer Cover Support Post

James from UNION DALE, PA
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins

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Light rocker switch broke and refrigerator light couldn't go on.

I just popped out the old switch with a flat head screwdriver. Removed the connections and then installed new switch by reversing steps. Popped in back in and the light went on.

Parts Used:

Refrigerator Door Switch

Cathy from HOPATCONG, NJ
Difficulty Level:
Very Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins

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The gasket size was perfect. Problem was it didn't seal the whole door properly, thus I'm getting evaporation.

I unscrewed about 20 screws from the door, took out the inside, cleaned it first, then put the door gasket on, Screwed the door back in place.

Parts Used:

Refrigerator Door Gasket

William from Fresh Meadows, NY
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
15 - 30 mins
Tools:
Socket set

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Tightening the screws on the top of the handle cracked the plastic around them

I used a phillips screw driver to remove the screws. The toughest part was removing the lower screw cover so that it could be reused. Piece of cake!

Parts Used:

Door Handle

Marion from Winfield, IL
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
15 - 30 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers

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crisper drawer wouldn't slide properly/hanging crooked

Had wife remove all the food from the bottom of the refrigerator. Removed the glass shelf , two drawers and the frame that they all sit in. Removed old broken crisper rail and replaced it with the new one, after I installed the wheel that the drawer slides on. Put everything back in place then called wife to put food back in where she wanted it.

Parts Used:

Center Crisper Rail

Stanley from Perryopolis, PA
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
15 - 30 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers

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Top of door handle cracked

Removed old handle with a total of three screws, two on top and one on bottom of handle. Replaced with new handle and put existing screws back in place. Very easy!

Parts Used:

Door Handle

Gregory from Wildomar, CA
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers

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Pieces of plastic had broken off the door handle

Replacement was extraordinarily easy. It took about 5 minutes, including the time to find my tools and put them away after I was done. As others have warned, only the handle itself was shipped. The trickiest part was being careful not to break the little plastic cover at the bottom of the handle when I pried it off. Apparently a screwdriver under any edge would have worked okay. There were three Phillips-head screws (replacements were not included in the package!) - and that was it.

Parts Used:

Door Handle

Mr & Mrs Robert G from San Marino, CA
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers

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Original door handle was broke at the top.

Removed 2 screws from top and removed bottom cap cover to access the bottom two screws for its removal. Replaced handle by using the same screws and put back the small plastic cap cover and DONE.

Parts Used:

Door Handle