Installing your refrigerator, Warning, How to install and remove handles – Amana W10175445A User Manual
Page 6: How to replace the doors and hinges
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Removing Fresh Food Side-Mounted Handles
Removing handles may be necessary when transporting unit
through tight spaces, or when reversing the door.
Installing Fresh Food Side-Mounted Handles
If installing handles for the first time, the fresh food handles
can be located on the back of the refrigerator.
Install handle by fastening
with T-15 Torx
®*
screws
removed from edge of door.
Remove handle by removing
three T-15 Torx
®*
screws from
side of door.
Retain screws for later
replacement.
NOTE: If reversing door, remove
door plugs from opposite side of
door and insert in screw holes.
Installing Freezer Handles
If installing handles for the first time, the freezer handles can
be located on the back of the refrigerator.
Removing Freezer Handles
Removing handles may be necessary when transporting unit
through tight spaces.
Remove handle by removing
three T-15 Torx
®*
screws from
handle.
Retain screws for later replacement.
Install handle by fastening with
T-15 Torx
®*
screws removed
from edge of door.
How to Install and Remove Handles
continued
Installing Your Refrigerator
How to Replace the Doors and Hinges
1
Install hinge assemblies.
Install top hinge loosely with
5
/
16
" hex head
screws.
Install center hinge with Phillips screws.
Install bottom hinge with
3
/
8
" hex head screws.
4
Place hinge side of refrigerator door on
center hinge pin.
2
Insert bottom hinge pin
(some models).
Locate bottom hinge hole closest
to outside edge of cabinet, and
insert bottom hinge pin. Replace
any door shims, if present.
3
Place hinge side of freezer
door on bottom hinge pin and
hold freezer door upright
while installing center hinge
pin with
5
/
16
" hex head driver.
Replace any applicable door shims.
Make sure the hinge pin is installed tight.
5
While holding refrigerator door
upright, tighten down top
hinge with
5
/
16
" hex head driver
and replace hinge cover.
Installing and Removing Stainless Steel Front -Mounted Handles
WARNING
!
To avoid risk of serious personal injury from sharp edges, do not remove
front-mounted stainless steel handles from unit.
* Torx
®
is a registered trademark of Textron Inc.