Can not remove ice bin from GE Bottom Freezer Refrigerator

[jimpo]

Model Number: PFSS6
Brand: GE
Age: 6-10 years

I pull release tab but can not remove the ice bin. I think it is frozen to the ice maker. Any easy ways to unthaw the ice bin?

[jimpo]

Update:
I used a hair dryer and directed air up into ice bin and also down along the bottom of the ice maker. Within just a few minutes I was able to easily remove the ice bin. There was a solid layer of thin ice along the bottom of the ice bin. This ice layer extended the length of the ice bin.

The interior of the ice make is dry as a bone. So, now the question is how is water getting underneath the ice bin?

[Doc Ryan]

Your refrigerators model number is not complete. Can you please post the full model number from the tag on the inside wall of the refrigerator?

Common things that can cause this would be an ice maker that is leaking water, melted ice from the ice bin, or a water inlet valve that is leaking water into the ice maker causing it to overflow.

[jimpo]

GE Model number # is PFSS6PKWASS
Ice bin has been out for week and no leaks. So, I think we can rule water valve out. Tomorrow, I going turn ice make on with bin out and see if I can see where water is leaking from. I think the leak is in the back. Welcome any further thoughts on things to try to troubleshoot.

[Doc Ryan]

First check the temperature in the ice maker compartment, it should be 10F or colder. If the temperature is good and the water inlet valve is not leaking, then the leak would most likely be coming from the ice maker.

This is the ice maker for your model refrigerator:

Ice Maker - Part # PD00001987 (mfg # DA97-05422A)