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Refrigerator Doors

Depending฀on฀the฀width฀of฀your฀doorway,฀you฀may฀need฀to฀

remove฀the฀doors฀to฀move฀the฀refrigerator฀into฀your฀home.฀Also,฀

the฀door฀hinges฀are฀factory฀installed฀on฀the฀right-hand฀side.฀If฀you฀

want฀the฀door฀to฀open฀from฀the฀other฀direction,฀you฀must฀reverse฀

the฀door฀swing.

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.

Depending฀on฀your฀model,฀your฀refrigerator฀has฀either฀

Style1฀–฀Contour฀Doors฀or฀Style฀2฀–Standard฀Doors.฀Reference฀

the฀graphic฀specific฀to฀your฀model฀later฀in฀this฀section฀

following฀“Final฀Steps.”฀

NOTE:฀A฀Reversibility฀Kit,฀which฀includes฀a฀new฀Brand฀Badge฀

and฀hole฀covers,฀is฀available.

Tools฀Needed:฀⁵⁄₁₆"฀hex-head฀socket฀wrench,฀#2฀phillips฀

screwdriver,฀flat-blade฀screwdriver,฀⁵⁄₁₆"฀open-end฀wrench,฀flat฀

2"฀putty฀knife

Remove฀Doors฀and฀Hinges

⁵⁄₁₆

" Hex-head Hinge Screw

1.Unplug฀refrigerator฀or฀disconnect฀power.

2.Using฀a฀hex-head฀socket฀wrench,฀remove฀the฀three฀⁵⁄₁₆"

hex-head฀hinge฀screws฀from฀the฀top฀hinge฀and฀lift฀up฀to

remove฀the฀hinge.฀See฀Top฀Hinge฀graphic.

NOTE:฀Provide฀additional฀support฀for฀the฀doors฀while฀the

hinges฀are฀being฀moved.฀Do฀not฀depend฀on฀the฀door฀magnets

to฀hold฀the฀doors฀in฀place฀while฀you฀are฀working.

3.Lift฀the฀freezer฀door฀off฀of฀the฀center฀hinge฀and฀set฀it฀aside.

4.Remove฀the฀washer฀from฀the฀top฀of฀the฀center฀hinge฀pin.

5.Using฀a฀hex-head฀socket฀wrench฀and฀an฀open-end฀wrench,

remove฀the฀three฀screws฀from฀the฀center฀hinge฀and฀remove

the฀hinge.฀Set฀aside.

6.Remove฀the฀washer฀from฀the฀bott

om฀of฀the฀ce

nter฀hinge฀pin.

7.Lift฀the฀refrigerator฀door฀from฀the฀bottom฀hinge฀and฀set฀aside.

8.Using฀a฀hex-head฀socket฀wrench,฀remove฀the฀four฀⁵⁄₁₆"

hex-head฀hinge฀screws฀from฀the฀bottom฀hinge฀and฀pull฀the

hinge฀from฀the฀bottom฀of฀the฀refrigerator฀door.

Reverse฀Doors฀and฀Hinges฀(optional)฀

IMPORTANT:฀If฀you฀want฀to฀reverse฀your฀doors฀so฀that฀they฀open฀

in฀the฀opposite฀direction,฀follow฀these฀steps.฀If฀you฀are฀not฀

reversing฀the฀doors,฀see฀“Replace฀Doors฀and฀Hinges.”

See฀complete฀graphics฀later฀in฀these฀instructions.

Reverse฀Center฀Hinge

1.Remove฀the฀three฀dome฀caps฀and฀screws฀from฀the฀handle

side฀and฀use฀them฀to฀fill฀the฀holes฀created฀when฀the฀hinge

screws฀were฀removed.

2.Using฀the฀three฀⁵⁄₁₆"฀hex-head฀hinge฀screws,฀removed฀in

Step1,฀insert฀two฀screws฀halfway฀into฀the฀holes,฀leaving

space฀to฀insert฀the฀center฀hinge.

3.Once฀the฀refrigerator฀door฀is฀in฀place,฀slide฀the฀center฀hinge

from฀the฀right฀onto฀the฀screws,฀insert฀the฀third฀

screw,฀and฀then

tighten฀all

฀screws฀completely.

A. Washer

A. Center hinge

⁵⁄₁₆

" hex-head hinge screws

A. Dome cap washers

B. Hex-head hinge screws

C. Dome caps

Door฀Hinge

Hole฀Plug

Cabinet฀Hinge

Hole฀Plug

Dome฀Cap

Washer

Setscrew

Shoulder

Screw

Shoulder

Screw฀Washer

Door฀Stop

Screw

Flat-Head

Handle

Screw

Door฀Handle

Hole฀Cap

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