Sharp R-1481 Door Disassembly, Note After any service to the door, Choke Cover, Door Frame

Putty Knife

latch holes correctly.

6.Re-install the door stopper to the door assembly.

7.Re-install the hood exhaust louver to the oven cavity front face plate.

Note: After any service to the door;

(A)Make sure that door sensing switch and secondary interlock switch are operating properly. (Refer to chapter "Test Procedures".)

(B)An approved microwave survey meter should be used to assure compliance with proper microwave radiation emission limitation standards.

After any servicing, make sure of the following :

1.Door latch heads smoothly catch latch hook through latch holes and that latch head goes through center of latch hole.

2.Deviation of door alignment from horizontal line of cavity face plate is to be less than 1.0mm.

3.Door is positioned with its face pressed toward cavity face plate.

4.Re-install outer case and check for microwave leakage around door with an approved microwave survey meter. (Refer to Microwave Measurement Procedure.)

Note: The door on a microwave oven is designed to act as an electronic seal preventing the leakage

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of microwave energy from oven cavity during cook cycle. This function does not require that door be air-tight, moisture (condensation)-tight or light-tight. Therefore, occasional appearance of moisture, light or sensing of gentle warm air movement around oven door is not abnormal and do not of themselves indicate a leakage of microwave energy from oven cavity.

	Tab	Hood Exhaust Louver
Upper Door
Hige Pin
Upper		Tab
Oven
RE-INSTALL Hige

Door assembly

Lower

Oven Hige

Latch	Lower Door
Heads	Hige Pin

Door Stopper

RE-INSTALL

Figure C-2. Door Replacement and adjustment

DOOR DISASSEMBLY

1.Disconnect the power supply cord and remove the oven from wall and remove outer case. (Refer to procedure of "Removal of Oven from Wall" and "Outer case Removal")

2.Open the door and block it open.

3.Discharge high voltage capacitor.

4.Remove the hood exhaust louver from the oven cavity by pushing the right and left tabs of the hood exhaust louver. (Refer to the procedure of "HOOD EXHAUST LOUVER REMOVAL".)

5.Remove door assembly, refer to "Door Replacement". Replacement of door components are as follows:

6.Place door assembly on a soft cloth with latches facing up.

Note: As the engaging part of choke cover and door frame are provided at 15 places, do not force any particular part.

CHOKE COVER

7.Insert a putty knife (thickness of about 0.5mm) into the gap A between the choke cover and door stopper and between the choke cover and the door frame as shown Figure C-3 to free engaging parts.

8.Pry the principles of the lever and lift up the choke cover by inserting a putty knife in order shown in Figure C-3.

9.Now choke cover is free from door panel and door frame.

DOOR FRAME

10.Remove six (6) screws holding the door panel and the door handle to the door frame assembly.

11.Release the door frame assembly from the door panel. NOTE: It is easier to release the engaging parts of the upper

or lower door hinge pin side at first. 12.Now, door frame assembly is free.

LATCH SPRING, LATCH HEAD AND DOOR PANEL 13.Release the latch spring from the tab of the latch head

and tab of the door frame.

14.Release the latch head from the door frame.

15.Now, the latch spring, latch head and door frame are

free. A Door Stopper

Choke Cover

Door Frame

Figure C-3. Door Disassembly

DOOR GLASS

16.Remove the glass stopper from the door frame by releasing the tab of door frame.

17.At first, slide the door glass toward the glass stopper side, and then slide it up. And release it from the right and lower long tabs of the door frame.

18.Release the door glass from the upper long tab of the door frame.

19.Release the door glass from the long tabs of the door frame.

20.Now, the door glass is free.

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