TFX22JABGWW General Electric Refrigerator - Instructions

Part was easy to find on website. Part was delivered quickly. Reapir was easy, just replaced old hinge with new hinge.

Not really sure of the age of this fridge, as we bought the house 2.5 yrs ago.

I'm one who if it can go wrong, it will, so not realizing how stable the door was from just having the top hinge and the magentic gasket, I declined to prop the door up on blocks the way some guys say the did, and instead removed the top hinge and lifted the whole door off the bottom hinge. I traced the outline of all parts with a felt pen before removing them, figuring I'd need witness marks to help with realignment after the install.
Nut driver might've been an easier choice than the socket set, but the only ones I have a brittle and I've broken the 5/16"...
All parts came out/off easily. The new bottom hinge and the old top hinge (both on the fridge side) practically aligned itself right on my marks, and the new cam (door side) just needed to be held while the screws were tightened. I used the extensioni rod off the ratchet to drive the screws most of the way (making a nutdriver out of it).
Parts were exactly as advertised, although there was a note in the package that stressed the need to replace both parts at the same time due to material differences in the original and replacement parts. Since the cam is sold separately without the hinge, it would be good for the website to reflect that before the purchase is made. Also, even though it was only the cam on the hinge and not the whole hinge that needed to be replaced, I could've bought hte two cams separately and drilled out the rivet as another person had done, but for the $5 difference in cost, why bother?
Door now closes itself as designed, albeit slower than the freezer side, but the Wife says it always did that.
Also interesting that when first assembled, the door DIDN'T close itself at first... not sure it it needed to wear a litle, or if it just needed the added weight of having items back in the door shelves.
Love the great website... just typed in the model number and the parts I needed, complete with drawings to make sure, were right there. Great UI.

removed the door hinge assembly & replaced it with the new assembly.

Emptied the refrigerator door so it was easier to take off. Used a screwdriver to remove the screw on the top hinge. Lifted door off bottom hinge. Laid the door down so I could take the bottom hinge off. Removed worn out parts and placed the new one on. Slipped door back on hinge,made sure it would close properly and was lined up with freeze door. Put top hinge back in place. Done!! Now door finally shuts on its own again!!! EASY!!!

1 Unplugged Refrigerator and removed all the freezer shelves.
2. Removed the light bulb in the back of the freezer.
3. Removed rear panel on back wall of freezer. I had to do some defrosting on the back panel due to frost build-up.
4. Defrosted cooling coils using a hair dryer. This took a considerable amount of time due to frost build-up. Also, there was a considerable amount of water run off due to melting. I plugged the drain, and used towels and a bucket to soak up the water.
5. Removed the old element located at the bottom of the cooling coils and removed the wires from each end.. At that time, I also notice when the directions referred to "right" and "left", the point of reference was from looking out of the unit (not facing the unit).
6. Reroute the pink wire on the left side to the right side of the freezer coil. The defrost heater element I removed was a single heating element and the element I purchased was a double heating element. I then attached the blue and pink wires to the right side of the heating unit. (The pink wire was sufficiently long to reach the element. I did not need to splice an extension into it). The yellow "jump" wire was on the left side of the heating unit.
7. Attached the new heater to the freezer coil framing with the two screws.
8. Reinstalled the back freezer panel.
9. Reinstalled the freezer shelves.
10. I plugged in the unit to restart the refrigerator.

The defrosting took a considerage amount of time. Otherwise would have taken about 30-45 minutes.

remove plastic top hinge cover then twoscrews holding door with door closed it rested against freezer door then lefted off door put on flat surface remove tow screws at bottom of door installed new cam

Removed shelves in freezer, removed two screws in back panel, removed back panel, defrosted coils with hair dryer, removed two screws holding old defrost heater and installed new defrost heater and bracket assembly, replaced back panel and shelves.
Plugged in Fridge .. Worked great!

I saw ice on the back panel in the freezer. I removed 4 screws and took the panel off. I read other repair stories on this site and decided it was my defroster that was broken. I am a handyman, but never tried to work on a fridge before. It was very easy. Instructions that came with it were very easy to follow.

My job pretty much paralled the no. one on this list,I am a retired industrial electrician and have many years experience doing similar jobs.Went very well. . Tom Pennington of Muncie Indiana

First I had to kill the power to the refridgerator. Second remove the shelves from the freezer side. Third remove the back wall inside the freezer, this is two screws. Fourth I had to defrost the ice from the coils above the defrost heater. Fifth I removed the old defrost heater and installed the new one. Last I put the back wall and shelves back into the freezer. It would have been faster if I would have owned a heat gun. I had to use a hair dryer to remove the ice from the coils. Simply put, follow the instructions supplied with the part. Very simple fix that I've paid $175 twice before to a repair man to have fixed.

Defrosted entire freezer coil with two of wife's hair dryers at the same time (about 30 minutes). Replacement of defrost heater was another 30 minutes to complete the reaplcement with the kit supplied and close up the inside rear panel. Word of caution is the clean-up outside the refridgerator took longer (45-60 minutes more) to clean under the fridge with vacuum and soak up water from the melted ice. Next time will devise a way to capture the water from melted ice and save on clean up time. Vacuuming was just a bonus during clean-up under the fridge. Kit supplied worked well despite water clean up. By the way this has happened before twice and the fix is always the same: new "defrost heater" Although this time I ordered a double coil unit to replace the single coil unit. According to website, dual coil provides better defrost cycle. My thoughts are also if one coil goes out again, I can convert the dual coil to work as a single in an emergency!

followed easy instructions thhat came with heater kit

I originally thought the problem was the little vent between the freezer and fridge, but after more research, realized it might be the defrost heater. Based on the advice of others, I removed the evaporator panel in the freezer, and frost was caked heavily on the freezer coils. We had a second, older refrigerator in our basement, and moved all of our food there, and then shut off the circuit breaker to the GE. I shoved something in the drain hole at the back of the freezer, and then packed the bottom of the freezer with towels. Once the part arrived, I just unscrewed the old heater, and followed the directions for installing the new one. I had to switch one wire to the other side of the coils, since the new defrost heater had two elements and both wires need to plug into the same side now. The hardest part was trying to figure out where an extra piece of plastic should go once I was putting all the racks back in the freezer.

1. Unscrewed the top screws with a socket set 2. Took door off of refrigerator 3. Unscrewed hinge assembly 4. Put on new hinge assembly 5. Replaced door on refrigerator 6. Screwed top screws back in I watched a youtube video on how to replace it that was extremely helpful. I am not a handyman, so if I can do this, anyone can.

The on line "how to" video was PERFECT! I followed the steps and the repair was a breeze. Parts Select is now bookmarked in my favorites! These guys make is SO easy for "non-handy" folks like me.