Disassembly; Removing And Replacing Refrigerator Doors - LG LMX21981 Series Training Manual

LMX21981xx

REMOVING AND REPLACING REFRIGERATOR DOORS

CAUTION: Before you begin, unplug the refrigerator. Remove food and bins from doors.
Left Door – FIGURE 2 (Next Page)
1. Disconnect water supply tube by pushing back on the disconnect ring (4).
See FIGURE 1, next page.
2. Open the left door. Loosen the top hinge cover screw (1). Use a flat tip
screwdriver to pry back the hooks on the front underside of cover (3).
Lift up the cover.
3. Disconnect the door switch wire harness (2). Remove the cover.
4. Pull out the tube.
5. Disconnect the three wire harnesses (5). Remove the grounding screw (6).
6. Rotate hinge lever (7) counterclockwise and remove. Lift the top hinge (8) free of
the hinge lever latch (9).
CAUTION: When lifting the hinge free of the latch, be careful that the door does not
fall forward.
7. Place the door, inside facing up, onto a non-scratching surface.
Right Door – FIGURE 3 (Next Page)
1. Open the door. Loosen the top hinge cover screw (1). Lift up the cover (3).
2. Disconnect the door switch wire harness (2). Remove the cover.
3. Disconnect the wire harness (5).
4. Rotate the hinge lever (6) clockwise and remove. Lift the top hinge (7) free of the
hinge lever latch (8).
CAUTION: When lifting the hinge free of the latch, be careful that the door does not
fall forward.
5. Lift door the up from middle hinge pin (9) and remove the door.
6. Place the door, inside facing up, onto a non-scratching surface.
See drawings, next page.
LMX21981xx

DISASSEMBLY

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