Removing The Doors; Replacing The Doors - Maytag Side by Side Refrigerator Owner's Manual

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NSTALLATION
CONT

Removing the doors

and hinges
Some installations require door removal
to get refrigerator to final location.
WARNING
To avoid severe personal injury or
death, observe the following:
• Disconnect power to refrigerator
before removing doors. Connect
power only after replacing doors.
• Green ground wire must be
attached to top hinge while
performing door removal and
replacement.
• Tape decorative panels (select
models) securely into place before
removing door handles.
CAUTION
To avoid property damage, observe
the following:
Protect soft vinyl or other flooring
with cardboard, rugs or other pro-
tective material, prior to moving
refrigerator.
To avoid damage or breakage to
adjusting bolt, do not use power
tools to correct leveling.
DO NOT adjust refrigerator to be
any shorter than 68
hinge and cap). Doing so may
damage underside components.
3
.
1. Remove toe grille and bottom hinge
covers.
Open both doors 180 degrees, or
as wide as possible to remove.
2. While pinching white collar (A) to the
blue connector (B), pull water line from
connector.
IMPORTANT: When reconnecting water
line, cut off tubing at first available scored
line before inserting into connector collar.
3. Remove top hinge cover by removing
Phillips screw.
" tall (minus
1
Ú
2
4. Close doors.
5. Unscrew
top hinges.
For dispensing models only:
• DO NOT remove either green
ground wire or wire connecting
center screw.
A
B
" hex head screws from
5 Ú
16
6. For
dispensing models
Detach main wire connector harness
and red wire harness.
To detach main wire harness, use a
flat blade screwdriver or fingernail
to press junction point between two
connectors to release.
To detach red wire harness, press
tab on underside of connector to
release.
7. Remove top hinges along with doors.
8. Remove bottom hinges with a
head driver.

Replacing the doors

To replace the doors, follow the steps
in Removing the Doors and Hinges
in reverse order.
IMPORTANT: When reconnecting water
line, cut off tubing at first available scored
line before inserting into connector collar.
only:
3 " hex
Ú
8