Installing your refrigerator, cont.

How to install and remove handles

For easier installation, some refrigerators may have been delivered with the han- dles off. Please see the interior of the fresh food section, or the back of your refrigerator, to locate the handle assem- bly. In case future transport of the refrig- erator is necessary, or panels need to be removed and replaced, the removal instructions have been included here for your convenience.

Handle design may vary from refrigerator to refrigerator. Please reference the instructions for the appropriate handle design below.

FRESH FOOD HANDLES

Installing Front-Mounted Handles

1. Remove 1⁄4" hex head screws from door face with hex head driver, and Phillips screw from top of door.

•If reversing door, remove door plugs from opposite side of door and insert in screw holes.

2.Align handle holes with screw holes on door face and secure

with 2 door face screws from step 1.

3.Locate handle trim in literature pack and install

over top and bottom of handle, as illustrated.

•Secure top handle trim with remaining screw

removed in step 1.

•Snap bottom trim over bottom portion of handle.

Installing Side-Mounted Handles

➢Install handle by

fastening with screws* removed from edge of door.

NOTE: If reversing

door, remove door plugs from oppo- site side of door and insert in screw holes.

Installing Stainless Steel

Front-Mounted Handles

1.Loosen one door clip on door with 1⁄4" hex head driver.

2.Locate predrilled hole

at base of handle, and fit hollow end of handle over door clip.

3.Fit other end of handle over other door clip and slide up as far as possible.

NOTE: If top of handle does not fit over top clip, loosen lower clip further until fit can be accomplished.

4.Insert 1⁄4" hex head driver into predrilled hole at base of handle to tighten screw. Insert screw plug(s) into hole(s).

Removing Front-Mounted Handles

1. Remove top handle trim by removing top handle screw.

• Retain trim and screw for later replacement.

2.Pry bottom handle trim from handle with screw- driver flat blade wrapped

in masking tape.

•Retain trim for later replacement.

3.Remove two 1⁄4" hex head screws.

•Retain screws for later replacement.

Removing Side-Mounted Handles

➢Remove handle by

removing three screws* from side of door.

• Retain screws for later replacement.

Removing Stainless Steel

Front-Mounted Handles

1. Remove screw plug at base of handle with a very small flat-blade screw- driver.

• Insert 1⁄4" hex head driver into predrilled hole to remove screw.

2. Slide handle to remove from door clip.

FREEZER HANDLES

Installing Partial-Width Extruded Handle

➢Install handle by

fastening with screws removed from edge of door.

•If reversing freezer

door, remove door plugs from top edge of door and insert into screw holes.

Installing Full-Width

Extruded Handle

➢ Install handle by fas- tening with screws* removed from edge of door.

Removing Partial-Width Extruded Handle

➢ Remove handle by removing screws from top of handle.

•Retain screws for later replacement.

Removing Full-Width Extruded Handle

➢Remove handle by

removing three

screws* from handle.

• Retain screws for later replacement.

* Fasteners may require either a T-15 Torx® driver or a Phillips screwdriver.

6Torx® is a registered trademark of Textron Inc.

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