How to replace an AC condenser fan motor yourself
Professional replacement quotes can reach two thousand five hundred dollars, pushing handy homeowners to tackle the repair themselves. However, the main difficulty lies in figuring out if the job is truly straightforward, avoiding hidden gotchas, and ensuring you have the exact right part before starting.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 3pulling both doors and the center mullion to open and separate the compartmentDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It’s a pain in the butt, but you gotta pull both doors and then pull the center Molly in to get that whole compartment open and apart.”source ↗
“I need to replace the evaporator fan motor in a small GE refrigerator tbx12saxcrwh. The evaporator is located on the bottom of the freezer compartment. Theres no screws that I can see. Does the bottom panel pop out?”source ↗
“I just got a quote to replace my Lennox HS29-024-5P AC condenser fan motor for $2500...it felt absurd and I'm handy enough, so I decided to look up how to do it.”source ↗
“Am I missing anything? Is this really that easy or are there any gotchas? Do I have the right part?”source ↗
“I’m looking to do this for a family member as they can’t afford an evergreen or ECM motor right now.”source ↗
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