Refrigerator Doors - Whirlpool WRT318FZDB User Instruction

Depending on the width of your doorway, you may need to
remove the doors to move the refrigerator into your home. Also,
the door hinges are factory installed on the right-hand side. If you
want the door to open from the other direction, you must reverse
the door swing.
IMPORTANT:
Before you begin, turn OFF the refrigerator control, unplug the
refrigerator or disconnect power. Remove food and any
adjustable door or utility bins from doors.
Depending on your model, your refrigerator has either
Style 1–Contour Doors or Style 2–Standard Doors. Reference
the graphic specific to your model later in this section
following "Final Steps."
NOTE: A Reversibility Kit, which includes a new Brand Badge
and hole covers, is available.
Tools Needed: ⁵⁄₁₆" Hex-head socket wrench, #2 Phillips
screwdriver, Flat-blade screwdriver, ⁵⁄₁₆" Open-end wrench, Flat 2"
putty knife.
Remove Doors and Hinges
⁵⁄₁₆
" Hex-Head Hinge Screw
1. Unplug refrigerator or disconnect power.
2. Using a hex-head socket wrench, remove the three ⁵⁄₁₆"
hex-head hinge screws from the top hinge and lift up to
remove the hinge. See top hinge graphic.
NOTE: Provide additional support for the doors while the
hinges are being moved. Do not depend on the door magnets
to hold the doors in place while you are working.
3. Lift the freezer door off of the center hinge and set it aside.
4. Remove the washer from the top of the center hinge pin.
A. Washer
5. Using a hex-head socket wrench and an open-end wrench,
remove the three screws from the center hinge and remove
the hinge. Set aside.
A. Center hinge
⁵⁄₁₆
B. " Hex-head hinge screws
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Refrigerator Doors

6. Remove the washer from the bottom of the center hinge pin.
7. Lift the refrigerator door from the bottom hinge, and set aside.
8. Using a hex-head socket wrench, remove the four ⁵⁄₁₆"
hex-head hinge screws from the bottom hinge and pull the
hinge from the bottom of the refrigerator door.
Reverse Doors and Hinges (optional)
IMPORTANT: If you want to reverse your doors so that they open
in the opposite direction, follow these steps. If you are not
reversing the doors, see "Replace Doors and Hinges."
See complete graphics later in these instructions.
Door Hinge
Hole Plug
Dome Cap
Reverse Center Hinge
A
1. Remove the three dome caps and screws from the handle
side and use them to fill the holes created when the hinge
screws were removed.
A
B
C
A. Dome cap washers
A
B. Hex-head hinge screws
2. Using the three ⁵⁄₁₆" hex-head hinge screws, removed in
Step 1, insert two screws halfway into the holes, leaving
B
space to insert the center hinge.
3. Once the refrigerator door is in place, slide the center hinge
from the right onto the screws, insert the third screw, and then
tighten all screws completely.
Cabinet Hinge Setscrew
Hole Plug
Dome Cap Shoulder
Washer Screw
Door Handle
Shoulder
Hole Cap
Screw Washer
C. Dome caps
Door Stop
Screw
Flat-Head
Handle
Screw