Meat Drawer Cover and Shelf Frame

Please note the part I ordered is actually the meat pan shelf/frame. It is listed incorrectly on your site as the crisper drawer cover/frame. The pictures are correct though.

It is really easy to replace. I just removed the crisper drawer which is above it to get room to work. Then I removed the glass insert from the meat pan cover. I then removed the frame by lifting up on the front edge and then pulling it forward and away from the back two support pins.

Don't forget to tranfer the gaskets and air deflector from the old shelf to the new shelf.

Insert the new frame by sliding it back onto the two rear support pins and then lowering the front edge down to rest on the two front support pins. Replace the glass and drawer.

my order was processed and received withn 3 days. Replacing the parts on my kitchenaid refrigerator was straight forward, since the design was made for quick removal for cleaning of parts, with no tools required.
My only recomendation to KitchenAid would be possibly design the weak points a little stronger so they do not break in the first place.

Looked at the excellent diagrams online to figure out what to order. Then when the part came I removed both lower drawers to see what I was doing. Once I saw what it was, I was able to lift the old shelf off (had to do a little jiggling around the slide cover for cold air from the freezer, but nothing too difficult). the hardest job was cleaning the bottom of the fridge before setting the replacement shelf on and re inserting the drawers.

I am a 54 year old woman...and it was a piece of cake!

The shelf studs were broken and needed to be replaced. Searching online as to how to remove a number of sources said to turn stud 90deg counter-clockwise to remove. These studs needed to be turned 180 degrees. Once studs were out obvious this needed to be done. Re-insert of studs were easy.

Replacement of studs were easy.

Just took out old crisper cover frame and replaced with new one. No tools required.

Removed the crisper drawer and the one above it. Removed the crisper drawer cover/shelf frame. Installed the replacement part. Replaced both crisper draws. Done -- no tools needed.

I first replaced the housing holding the water filter because during my effort to diagnose the problem I couldn't get the friction fittings to seal back up and they kept leaking. I hoped that replacing the filter housing would affect the flow problem but it didn't. I then replaced the valve. The replacement part was a little different in design than the original part but wasn't too difficult to figure out. My guess is that the original valve has some kind of electric solenoid that wasn't opening all the way. New value solved the problem. No special tools or techniques were required. Just had to unplug water lines and electrical connectors and figure out the way to plug the new valve in.

First I removed the screws that hold the cardboard rear cover in place. Then I removed two screws that hold the valve unit in place. I then pulled the element out about 3 inches and disconnected the two wires., and installed the replacement unit. After mounting the valve back onto the refrig frame, and re-attaching the rear cover, I was all set.

1) Removed the crisper drawer.
2) Removed glass from old frame unit.
3) Removed old frame unit.
4) Installed new frame unit.
5) Replaced glass on new frame unit.
6) Replaced the crisper drawer.

I did a Google search. I selected PartSelect after visiting 4 sites. There was an extensive list of parts but I could not locate what I needed. I used their "Contact" feature and described the part I needed. I did this late at night. I was pleased to see a reply the next day. They gave me specific instruction on how to get to the part in their website. I followed it without any difficulty. Within a week I received the part via Fedex. I immediately installed it and was done in less than 15 minutes. It was such a good experience I sent them a thank you email. I know where to order all my appliance parts in the future.