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Installing your refrigerator – Amana W10175445A User Manual

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Installing Your Refrigerator

How to Reverse the Doors

Perform all steps listed in How to

Remove the Doors and Hinges.

1

Transfer cabinet plugs and cabinet

screws to opposite side of cabinet.

• Remove cabinet plugs with flat

blade screwdriver tip wrapped

in masking tape.

• Remove center mullion screws

with

5

/

16

" hex head driver.

• For swing doors only

Remove bottom mullion screws

with

3

/

8

" hex head driver.

2

Transfer door stops from

bottom edge of fresh food

and freezer door to

opposite side of door edge.

• Use a Phillips screwdriver for removal and

installation.

3

See How to Install and Remove

Handles to remove and reinstall

handles.

4

IMPORTANT: When working directly on doors, place doors

on a nonabrasive surface protected by towels or rugs to

avoid damage to door finish.

Proceed to How to Replace the

Doors and Hinges to mount doors.

5

How to Install and Remove Handles

1

Remove top handle trim by

removing top handle screw.

• Retain trim and screw for later

replacement.

Removing Fresh Food Front-Mounted Handles

Removing handles may be necessary when transporting unit through
tight spaces, or when reversing the door.

Installing Fresh Food Front-Mounted Handles

If installing handles for the first time, the fresh food handles can be
located within the fresh food section. The handle trim will be located
in the literature pack.

1

Remove ¼" hex nut screws from

door face with hex nut driver.

• If reversing door, remove door plugs

from opposite side of door and insert

in screw holes.

Align handle holes with screw holes

on door face and secure with 2

door face screws from step 1.

2

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.

2

Pry bottom handle trim from

handle with screwdriver flat blade

wrapped in masking tape.

• Retain trim for later replacement.

3

Remove two remaining handle

screws and remove handle.

• Retain screws for later replacement.

Installing Freezer Handles

If installing handles for the first time, the freezer handles can be
located within the freezer section.

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.

Removing Freezer Handles

Removing handles may be necessary when transporting unit through
tight spaces, or when reversing the door.

Remove handle screws with

Phillips screwdriver.

• Retain screws for later replacement.