20
Care and Cleaning
Removing and Replacing the Oven Door
T
he door is heavy. For safe, temporary storage, lay the door flat
with the inside of the door facing down.
To prevent possible burns, do not attempt to remove the oven
door until the oven has completely cooled.
To remove the oven door:
1.
Open oven door completely, horizontal with floor (
Figure 9
).
2. Pull down the door hinge locks located on each hinge
support toward front of the oven until the lock stops.
(
Figure 10
).
3. Grasp the door by the sides, and close the door until the
door frame makes contact with unlocked hinges. (
Figure 11
)
4. Pull the bottom of the door toward you while rotating the
top of the door toward the appliance to completely
disengage the hinge arm from the roller pins. (
Figure 12
).
T
o replace the oven door:
1.
Firmly grasp both sides of oven door along the door sides.
Do not use the oven door handle (
Figure 11
).
2. Hold the oven door at the same angle as the removal
position. Carefully seat the hinge arms over the roller pins
until you feel the hinge levers are secure.
3. Fully open the oven door, horizontal with floor (
Figure 9
).
4. Push the door hinge locks up toward and into the oven
frame on both left and right oven door hinges to the locked
position (
Figure 11
).
5. Close the oven door.
IMPORTANT!
Special Door Care Instructions - Most oven doors contain glass
that can break.
Read the following recommendations:
•
Do not close the oven door until all the oven racks are fully
in place.
•
Do not hit the glass with pots, pans, or any other object.
•
Scratching, hitting, jarring, or stressing the glass may
weaken its structure causing an increased risk of breakage
at a later tim
e.
Figure 9: Location of hinges
Figure 10: Hinge locks
Figure 11: Lifting door from hinge hooks.
Figure 12: Remove (and replace) door
Oven door
hinge
locations
LOCK
about
10°
hinge
oven
door
roller
pin
hinge
arm
