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Remove and Replace Refrigerator Doors and Drawer Front
Depending on the width of your door opening, it may be
necessary to remove the refrigerator doors to move the
refrigerator into your home.
Remove Doors and Hinges
IMPORTANT:
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If the refrigerator was previously installed and you are moving
it out of the home, before you begin, turn the refrigerator
control OFF, and unplug the refrigerator or disconnect power.
Remove food and any adjustable door or utility bins from
doors.
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Keep the refrigerator doors closed until you are ready to lift
them free from the cabinet. Provide additional support for the
refrigerator door while the hinges are being removed. Do not
depend on the door gasket magnets to hold the door in place
while you are working.
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All graphics referenced in the following instructions are
included later in this section after “Final Steps.”
TOOLS NEEDED:
⁵⁄₁₆
",
³⁄₈
", and
¹⁄₄
" hex head socket wrenches,
Torx
®†
T25 screwdriver, #2 Phillips screwdriver, and a flat-blade
screwdriver.
Remove Doors and Hinges
1. Unplug refrigerator or disconnect power.
2. Remove the base grille. Grasp the grille firmly and pull it
toward you.
3. Starting with the right-hand side door, remove the parts for the
top hinge as shown in Top Hinge graphic. Lift the refrigerator
door from the bottom hinge pin.
4. Remove the hinge pin cover from the bottom hinge pin and
keep it for later use. See Bottom Hinge graphic.
5. Remove top hinge cover from the left-hand side refrigerator
door. Remove the parts for the top hinge as shown in Top
Hinge graphic.
External Dispenser Models Only:
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Disconnect the wiring plug, located under the top left-
hand side door hinge, by wedging a flat-blade screwdriver
or your fingernail between the two sections. See Wiring
Plug graphic.
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Disconnect the water line, located under the top left-hand
side door hinge, by pulling back on the locking collar while
pulling the water line out of the water line connector. See
Water Dispenser Tubing Connection graphic.
6. Lift the left-hand side door from the bottom hinge pin.
NOTE: On some models, remove the hinge pin cover from the
bottom hinge pin and keep it for later use. See Bottom Hinge
graphic.
Replace Doors and Hinges
1. Replace the parts for the bottom hinge as shown in Bottom
Hinge graphic. Tighten screws. Replace the refrigerator door.
NOTE: Provide additional support for the refrigerator door
while the hinges are being moved. Do not depend on the door
gasket magnets to hold the door in place while you are
working.
2. Assemble the parts for the top hinges as shown in Top Hinge
graphic. Do not tighten the screws completely.
External Dispenser Models Only:
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Reconnect the wiring plug on top of the left-hand side
refrigerator door.
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Reconnect the water line by pulling back the locking collar
ring while firmly pushing the water line into the connector.
Check for leaks.
3. Align the door so that the bottom of the refrigerator door
aligns evenly with the top of the freezer drawer. Tighten all
screws.
4. Replace the top hinge covers.
Remove and Replace Freezer Drawer Front
IMPORTANT: Two people may be required to remove and replace
the freezer drawer. Graphics are included later in this section.
Remove Drawer Front
1. Open the freezer drawer to full extension.
2. Loosen the four screws attaching the drawer glides to the
drawer front. See Drawer Front Removal graphic.
NOTE: Loosen screws three to four turns. Keep the screws in
the drawer front.
3. Lift drawer front upward and off the screws. See Drawer Front
Removal graphic.
4. The refrigerator leveling/roller assembly protrudes from each
side of the cabinet base. Remove the three screws attaching
each assembly, and remove the assemblies. See Refrigerator
Leveling/Roller Assembly graphic.
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