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Remove Doors and Hinges
TOOLS NEEDED: ⁵⁄₁₆", ³⁄₈", ¹⁄₄" hex-head socket wrench, a #2
Phillips screwdriver, and a flat-blade screwdriver.
IMPORTANT:
■Before you begin, turn the refrigerator control OFF, unplug
refrigerator or disconnect power. Remove food and any
adjustable door or utility bins from doors.
■All graphics referenced in the following instructions are
included later in this section after “Final Steps.”
1. Unplug refrigerator or disconnect power.
2. Open the freezer door and remove the bottom hinge cover
from the bottom front of the refrigerator.
3. Close the freezer door and keep both doors closed until you
are ready to lift them free from the cabinet.
NOTE: Provide additional support for the doors while the
hinges are being moved. Do not depend on the door gasket
magnets to hold the doors in place while you are working.
4. Remove the parts for the top hinge as shown in Top Hinge
graphic. Lift the refrigerator door free from the cabinet.
5. Remove the center hinge pin and remove hinge screws as
shown in the Center Hinge graphic. Lift the freezer door free
from the cabinet.
6. Remove the parts for the bottom hinge as shown in Bottom
Hinge graphic.
Reverse Doors (optional on some models)
IMPORTANT: If you want to reverse your standard doors so they
open from the opposite side, follow these steps. If you are not
reversing the doors, see “Replace Doors and Hinges.”
Cabinet
1. Remove hinge screws from handle side and move them to
opposite side. See Graphic 1-1.
2. Remove cabinet hinge hole plugs from cabinet top and move
them to opposite side hinge holes as shown in Graphic 1-2.
Refrigerator door
1. Remove the refrigerator handle assembly as shown in
Graphic 2. Keep all parts together.
2. Remove door handle seal screw front. Move to opposite side
of refrigerator door as shown in Graphic 5.
3. Remove the door stop. Move it to the opposite side of the
refrigerator door as shown in Graphic 3.
4. Attach refrigerator handle on opposite side of the refrigerator
door with the two screws as shown in Graphic 2. Replace
handle trim as shown.
5. Tighten all screws. Set aside door until hinges and freezer
compartment door are in place.
Freezer door
1. Remove freezer handle assembly as shown. Keep all parts
together. See Graphic 4.
2. Remove the freezer door handle seal screw. Move to
opposite side of freezer door.
3. Remove door stop. Move to opposite side of freezer door as
shown. See Graphic 3.
4. Attach handle to opposite side of freezer door.
5. Tighten all screws. Set aside door until bottom hinge is
installed on product.
Replace Doors and Hinges
NOTE: Graphic may be reversed if door swing is reversed.
1. Replace the parts for the bottom hinge as shown. Tighten
screws. Replace the freezer door.
NOTE: Provide additional support for the doors while the
hinges are being moved. Do not depend on the door gasket
magnets to hold the doors in place while you are working.
2. Assemble the parts for the center hinge as shown in Center
Hinge graphic, and tighten all screws. Replace the
refrigerator door.
3. Assemble the parts for the top hinge as shown in Top Hinge
graphic. Do not tighten screws completely.
4. Line up the doors so that the bottom of the refrigerator door
aligns evenly with the top of the freezer door. Tighten all
screws.
Final Steps
1. Check all holes to make sure that hole plugs and screws are
in place. Reinstall top hinge cover as shown in Top Hinge
graphic.
2. Replace the bottom hinge cover.
3. Plug in refrigerator or reconnect power.
4. Reset the controls. See “Using the Controls.”
5. Return all removable door parts to doors and food to
refrigerat or.
⁵⁄₁₆
" Hex-Head Top Hinge Screw
Door Stop Screw
Cabinet Hinge Hole PlugFlat-Head Handle Screw
Door Handle Seal Screw Fron
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