How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP4345477 / WR02X12650 French Spring

I could not figure out initially and then I emailed to the technician at appliancepartspros, Edward sent me the repair manual with the exact page pointed for this specific problem. Thank you very much Edward for pointing me to the right direction. With some patience and careful reading the instructions, I was easily able to replace the spring. 

Put the spring in. When the spring broke for the refrigerator, the little piece that is attached to the big door. I was upset. Had to use 2 hands to close the door. I thought there has to be a replacement part. I googled the refrigerator model number and found a few companies online. I went to the GE site first but there part was too expensive. I found this company, site appliancepartspros.com. It was easy to use, price was good and the part came in 2 days. Directions came with the part but it was so easy..Put the spring on the door. Fixed. Thanks you 

It took me less than 60 seconds to slip the new sleeve on the new spring and pop it into place! I can't imagine having a service tech come out and charge $$$ to do a repair that almost anyone can do! 

The refrigerator cabinet temperature was always 10+ higher than the temperature I had selected using the Fridge button. Worse, the temperature would rise to 55F when the setpoint was 34F. However, the freezer cabinet worked fine, which seemed to indicate the compressor and other systems were fine. On a hunch and based on the diagnostic code, I purchased the replacement temperature sensor and installed it per the video posted by AppliancePartsPros.com It was a simple job - the worst part being emptying the fridge of food. A thing to note about this particular refrigerator (GFSL6KEXALS) is that upon power up it displays an error code at the top of the cabinet that indicates a component failure. In my case, it displayed an 86. The 6 in this case is indicated as a Refrigerator Sensor Error Code - thus helping me home in on the sensor as being faulty. I also purchased the Technical Service Guide for this refrigerator, which explains all the error codes. You can likely find the manual online as I did (for a fee). Another thing to note is that my problems with this refrigerator began with water pooling and freezing underneath the deli drawer. Apparently, the previous owners didn't think this was a problem. I cleared the obstruction in the drain inlet under the evaporator unit. But that likely then enabled me to focus on the temperature issue. Both problems likely were occurring at the same time. Kudos to Appliance Parts Pros! 

The spring was installed into the door. It’s a little tight but it does close the flap and the door works. 

I replaced the spring without problems. 

Spring only goes in one way. If the first position does not work, put it in opposite direction. Works great. Saved $80 service call. 

The French Door flap was easy to fix, just had to put the new spring into the positions of the original. It just pops on. The new meat tray cover was a tight fit. I have to pull the drawer out, put one side in, and flex the tray while pushing it in to get both sides 'button' to fit into the little holes. 

Use the spring and pin to fix the "flap" that seals the french doors of this GE Fridge. 

Replaced french door spring