Care and Cleaning

Removing Oven Door

!CAUTION

To avoid risk of personal injury or door damage, lay the door flat with the inside of the door facing down for safe, temporary storage. The door is heavy.

Hinge Type 1

1.Open the door to the fully opened position.

2.Remove the screws (A) on each side of the oven door. (See Figure 11.)

Figure 11

3.Remove the brackets.

4.Close the door about 3/4 of the way to the quarter- open position. Grasp the door firmly on both sides and lift up about 1/2 inch, then swing the lower end away from the wall oven.

5.To clean oven door, see the cleaning chart in “Care and Cleaning” section.

3.Gently lower the door so that the bottom of the hinge arm rests on the bottom of the opening.

4.Open the door to the fully opened position.

5.Replace the retaining brackets and screw(s) on each side of the oven door.

6.Close the oven door completely. If the door does not line up with the oven frame, remove the door and repeat the above steps.

Hinge Type 2

1.Open the door to the fully opened position.

2.Pull up the lock located on each hinge support and engage it in the hook of the hinge lever. You may have to apply a little downward pressure on the door to pull the locks fully over the hooks.

3.Grasp the door by the sides, pull the bottom of the door up and toward you to disengage the hinge supports.

4.Keep pulling the bottom of the door toward you while rotating the top of the door toward the appliance to completely disengage the hinge levers.

5.To reinstall the oven door, reverse steps 1 through 4. Make sure the hinge supports are fully engaged before unlocking the hinge levers

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Reinstalling Oven Door (Hinge Type 1)

1. Grasp the door firmly on both sides.

2. Place top of the hinge arm against the top of the opening (B in Figure 12) in the oven frame. Press the bottom of the door in until the hinge is all the way into the opening.

Figure 13—Hinge Type 2

Figure 12

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Amana AOES2430 owner manual Removing Oven Door, Reinstalling Oven Door Hinge Type