Repair Oven Door Hinges

Household appliances can be tremendously frustrating particularly when trying to reinstall an oven door.

Repair oven door hinges.

To begin the replacement of your hinges the door needs to be removed and isolated first. Replace the hinges with identical new ones and hook them back into the hinge holes in the. Start by applying a pair of gloves and using a slot screwdriver to unlock the tabs or hinge latches on either side of the door. This how to tutorial will demonstrate how to remove.

Close the oven door. There will be tabs on each side of the door which you need to unscrew first. Close the door back up until it reaches the broil stop position which is only about 1 4 of the way open. The most common cause of oven door hinge failures is simply that one of two components will fail either the oven door hinge itself or the oven door hinge receiver has failed.

This video shows the process to reset the oven door hinge should it become sprung in the removal process. Most ovens have hinge locking tabs but some do not. Open the door fully and rotate the hinge locking pins into the locked position. If the door doesn t pull up look inside the oven for screws holding the hinges in place and unscrew them.

It is absolutely essential that you check the receiver as well as the hinge as if it is damaged in any way and you simply fit new door hinges they are incredibly liable. Then start closing the door back up until it reaches the broil position which is about of the maximum opening position. Refer to the owner s manual for directions for reattaching the oven door. Press them as far open as the tabs will go to clear the track.

Position the door in the broil position and work the oven door hinges back into the receivers on the front of the range frame. For safety wear a pair of gloves. If you notice that your stove knobs are very hot when the oven is on and that the oven keeps having to reheat your oven door may not be closing all the way.