Door Removal Instructions - Kenmore 253.70013 Use & Care Manual

Door Removal Instructions

Getting through narrow spaces
If your refrigerator will not fit through an
entrance area, you can remove the doors.
Check first by measuring the entrance.
WARNING
Make sure the electrical power cord is
unplugged from the wall outlet.
To remove the fresh food door:
1 Remove two hinge cover screws and
top hinge cover.
2 Lift hinge cover straight up and off.
3 Remove the three screws from the top
hinge.
4 Disconnect all electrical connections.
5 Lift the door off of the center hinge
and set it aside.
Top
Hinge
NOTE
Not all doors are self closing.
Hinge
Cover Screws
Top Hinge
Cover
Hinge
Screws
Multi-Wire
Cable
To remove the freezer door
NOTE
Fresh food door must be removed
before the freezer door.
1 Use screwdriver to remove center
hinge.
2 Lift freezer door off lower hinge to
remove from unit.
Lift door
off lower
hinge
To reinstall the freezer door
1 Place Freezer door on lower hinge
pin. Align hole on bottom of freezer
door with lower hinge pin.
2 Insert Center hinge into top of freezer
door.
3 Reattach the center hinge screws.
Spacer
(if needed)
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Lift door
L i f
l o w
off lower
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9
h i n
hinge
Screws
Lower
Hinge
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r o
o o g e
t d h i n
L i f
e r
l o w
3 Center
Hinge
Screws
Corresponding
hole on bottom
of freezer door
Lower
Lower
Hinge
r
Hinge
o o
e r
g e
Washer
Hinge
Pin