Miele KFN 14943 SDE ED Removing the top door of the appliance, Changing the door hinging

Changing the door hinging

￿Remove the cover ￿.

Now the soft-close mechanism and the appliance are no longer connected.

￿Remove the panel ￿.

￿Push the shock absorber arm ￿ as far as possible towards the handle side.

￿Loosen the three screws ￿ on the soft-close mechanism and the spacer.

￿In the middle, pry out the housing with the soft-close mechanism using a flathead screwdriver.

￿Then, pry the housing with the soft-close mechanism out of the retainer from the appliance side.

￿Lay the soft-close mechanism aside.

￿Push out the spacer towards the hinge side.

￿Lay the spacer aside.

Removing the top door of the appliance:

￿Loosen the cover ￿ by carefully sliding a flathead screwdriver from below into the recess.

￿Remove the cover ￿ together with the mounting bracket ￿.

￿Loosen the mounting bracket ￿ from the cover ￿ by pushing it slightly to the left and then removing the cover plate towards the front.

￿Turn the mounting bracket ￿ 180°.

￿Place the cover ￿ onto the front of the mounting bracket ￿ and push it to the right. The writing must be visible.

￿Unscrew the bearing ￿ mechanism, turn it 180° and replace it on the opposite side. If necessary, pre-punch the screw holes.

￿Remove the top cover ￿ by pushing it from back to front and lifting it up.

￿Remove the cover ￿ upwards.

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