Disassembly; Refrigerator Door; Remove Refrigerator Door (Electronic Unit); Remove Refrigerator Door (Electromechanical Unit) - Amana V Series Service Manual

Disassembly

To avoid risk of electrical shock, severe personal injury or death; disconnect power to unit before servicing, unless
testing requires power. Discharge capacitor through a 10,000 ohm resistor before handling. Wires removed during
disassembly must be placed on the correct terminals to ensure proper grounding and polarization.

Refrigerator Door

NOTE: On models covered by this manual, doors are
foamed as assemblies at the factory. Inner door
liners and outer door pans are not replaceable.
If either is damaged, door must be replaced.

Remove Refrigerator Door (electronic unit)

1. Open door and remove storage buckets.
2. Remove toe grille.
3. On electronic units, disconnect door wiring harness
from high-voltage box behind toe grille.
High-Voltage Box
4. Remove screw that mounts door closure to bottom
hinge.
5. Close door.
6. On built-in units, remove screws that hold trim strip
to top of door and remove trim strip.
7. Remove screw that holds cover on top hinge and
remove hinge cover.
8. Unplug wiring harness; remove ground screw and
ground wire from hinge.
!
CAUTION
To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage
due to door falling, always secure door to cabinet with
strapping tape before top hinge is removed.
!
WARNING
Electronic Models
Ground Wire
9. Remove three mounting screws from top hinge.
Remove top hinge and hinge bushing and pull them
off wiring harness.
NOTE: Hinge shim is glued to top of cabinet and must
be left in place.
10. Open door carefully and lift about 3 inches to bring
lower hinge bushing up, off hinge pin.
11. Set bottom edge of door on protective pad. Remove
hinge pin (with door-closure tab and wiring harness)
from bottom hinge bracket.
12. Reverse procedure to rehang door.
Remove Refrigerator Door
(electromechanical unit)
1. Open door and remove storage buckets.
2. Remove screw that mounts door closure to bottom
hinge.
3. Close door.
4. On built-in units, remove screws that hold trim strip
to top of door and remove trim strip.
5. Remove screw that holds cover on top hinge and
remove hinge cover.
6. Remove three mounting screws from top hinge.
Remove top hinge and hinge bushing.
NOTE: Hinge shim is glued to top of cabinet and must
be left in place.
7. Open door carefully and lift about 3 inches to bring
lower hinge bushing up, off hinge pin.
8. Set bottom edge of door on protective pad. Remove
hinge pin (with door-closure tab) from bottom hinge
bracket.
9. Reverse procedure to rehang door.
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Non-Electronic Models
Wire Connectors
Hinge
Cap
Hinge
Hinge
Bushing
Top Hinge Nomenclature,
Side x Side Refrigerator Doors
Hinge
Shim
RS1300004 Rev. 1