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We just got our refrig out of storage and it appears as though the tracks for the freezer drawer (bottom freezer) are sticking from some rust that developed. can we us WD40 or something else

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WD40 is poisonous. The smell will permiate into your food. It also evaporates so any benefit would be short lived. WD40 was never designed as a lubricant and will turn any residual oil or grease to sludge.
Use a silicone lubricant designed for food equipment.

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WD-40 is fine. Remember that it's a petroleum based product, so you need to just spray it on the rollers. Use rubbing alcohol to clean up any overspray so you don't contaminate any food that goes in the drawer.

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WD 40 is good for this but it is not designed for a problem like that. WD means Water Displacer and it works best to lubricate things that are subject to wet conditions before damage has occurred.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 24, 2008

SOURCE: Maytag Frenchdoor w/freezer drawer - drawer sticks

you will need to remove the front and get to the slides clean them off and buy a low temp silcone to apply to tem do not buy grease apply it and work it in the problem will go away

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  • Posted on Mar 20, 2008

SOURCE: Storage drawer - design flaw?

yea find it hard to believe that a product would be built this way!!, without looking at it would imagine that the tracks going back on both sides are too close together, which usually happens when the unit is mishandled upon delivery, a quick call to an authorized servicer will correct problem( it is a warr issue any way, and from the sound of it hell have a lot of warr work in your development

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 24, 2008

SOURCE: JCD2389DES Water Leak Problem

Once I saw that the drain tube went up over the coil before draining into the evaporator pan I decided to buy a small piece of flexible plastic tubing and re-route the tube so the water could freely flow down hill. It's been over two months with no additional problems. I can assume that since the water drains freely it doesn't stay trapped in the elbow freeze and the cause the collector tray to ultimately overflow.

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  • Posted on Dec 22, 2008

SOURCE: On TCD18PAD BWW refrig with

You have a clogged defrost drain tube. On the back of the refrigerator in the center, about two feet above the floor, is a 7 inch by 7 inch square steel cover held on by four screws, one at each corner. The defrost drain tube emerges from the bottom of this cover and terminates loose in the drain pan below the refrigerator. Remove the cover. Underneath is the plastic defrost drain tube fixture, which is held by two screws. Remove the screws and take off the drain tube fixture. This fixtue is clogged. Run hot water and dish detergent through it and blow through it at the big end to remove the clog. Reassemble. That's it. You don't have to take the refrigerator apart. One caution. When the refrigerator has a clogged drain tube, the defrost water will back up and freeze around it. So you may need to empty your freezer and unplug the refrigerator for eight hours or so first before you perform this procedure to allow all the ice around the clogged drain fixture to melt.

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  • Posted on Mar 24, 2009

SOURCE: fan runs constantly, freezer ice melting, bottom drawer in refrig

  • If your refrigerator temperature is closer to 35 degrees, try turning the temperature up slightly.


  • If you find that the temperature varies a lot from the top shelf to the bottom (where it is coldest), try putting produce and other sensitive products on a higher shelf.


  • If the temperature is too low and you can't make it warmer by adjusting the thermostat, you probably have a defective thermostat. If so, you need to replace it, because they cannot be repaired. Other possible problems are a leak in the sealed (refrigerant) system, cold air migration (in side-by-side models) or a defective air damper. These problems can be quite difficult to locate and correct, we recommend you contact a qualified appliance repair technician.
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