We have a Kenmore 56703500 Side-by-Side refrigerator – probabaly 10+ years old. About a year ago we noticed a water leak, and the repair technician spliced the water line right where it enters upper panel area. He said we shoujld consider a new fridge, because if the supply line ever starts leaking the back of the fridge would have to be removed.
I replaced the water inlet valve about 4 months ago. While doing so, I noticed that the water line (noted with arrow) had a repair slice right where the line enters the upper panel. I would like to replace this line, but have no idea how to remove/replace it because the way the line is routed anddissappears into the back of the fridge.
There must be a way to do this. Any ideas?

[img=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F4r8JJq7FoPBaUOdFJDRdjnMgpxm048q/view?usp=sharing]Fridge[/img]

The line leaves the water supply valve, but enters/dissappears into the cabinet back. See photo: https://drive.google.com...xm048q/view?usp=sharing. It appears that the cabinet back is help in place by rivets, so removing the back panel would be near impossible. Am I missing something?