Kenmore 596.50019100 manual Installing Your Refrigerator, In,oscrewhales bottom rill

Installing Your Refrigerator

How to Remove the Doors and Hinges

Some installations require door removal to get refligerator to final location

[ _ WARNING

To avoid severe personal injury or death, observe the following:

•Disconnect power to refrigerator before removing doom Connect power only after replacing doors

•Green ground wire must be attached to top hinge while performing door removal and replacement

•Tape decorative panels (some models) securely into place before removing door handles

[ A_ CAUTION

To avoid property damage, observe the following:

•Protect soft vinyl or other flooring with cardboard, rugs, or other protective material, pdor to moving refrigerator

•To avoid damage or breakage to adjusting bolt, do not use power tools to correct leveling.,

•DO NOT adjust unit to be any shorter than 68 ½" inches tall (minus hinge and cap) Doing so may damage underside components

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				Detach main wire connector	harness.
I	emove	toe	grille and	Use a fiat blade screwdriver
	bottom	hinge	covers.	or fingernail to press junction
,	Open both doors I80% or as			point between two connectors
				to release
	wide as possible, to remove,

			Detach	red	wire harness.
			Press	tab on underside of
Unscrew	union	nut	connector		to release,
to detach	water	tube.

(dispensing models onl._)

				Remove		top	hinges	along
				with	doors.
Remove top hinge cover by
removing Phillips		screw.
				Remove		bottom hinges with a
			s/,, hex	3Is"	hex	head	driver.
Close	doors, Unscrew			?
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head screws from top hinges,				How to		Replace		the	Doors
DO NOT remove either green ground
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wire or wire connecting center screw
				Remove the Doors and Hinges in reverse order
				I • To replace		doom,	follow the steps		in How to
How to	Install	and	Remove	Handles
Installing	Front-Mounted	Handles

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If installing handles for the fi_st time, the flesh food handles can be located within the flesh food section. The handle trim wilt be located in the literature pack

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