Maytag 501963702076/D Use & Care Manual page 7

Reverse Handles (if previously installed)
WARNING
Electrical Shock Hazard
Disconnect power before removing doors.
Failure to do so can result in death or electrical shock.
1. Unplug refrigerator or disconnect power.
2. Using a screwdriver, remove the handle plugs and then the
handles from the left-hand side of the door and remove the
hole plugs from the right-hand side.
3. Insert the hole plugs (from the Reversibility Kit) into the holes
remaining after the removal of the handles.
4. Install the door handles with their handle plugs to the opposite
side of the door.
A
B
B
A. New hole plugs (from Reversibility Kit)
B. Handle screws
C. Hole plugs (remove and discard)
Remove the Doors
NOTES:
Keep the doors closed until you are ready to lift them free from
the cabinet.
Provide additional support for the doors while the hinges are
being removed. Do not depend on the door gasket magnets
to hold the doors in place while you are working.
Refrigerator Door
1. Using a hex key, remove the screw attaching the refrigerator
door to the top hinge. Lift the refrigerator door from the center
hinge.
2. Using a flat-blade tool, remove the cabinet hole plug. Set
aside.
Freezer Door
1. Using a hex key, remove the center hinge. See Center Hinge
graphic.
2. Lift the freezer door from the bottom hinge.
3. Remove and discard the two center hinge hole plugs from the
left-hand side of the cabinet.
4. Insert two cabinet hole plugs, from the Reversibility Kit, into
the holes remaining from the removal of the center hinge.
C
Reverse the Hinges
Cabinet
1. Using a hex key, remove the top hinge and hole plug from the
right-hand side of the cabinet. See Top Hinge graphic.
2. Move the bushing to the opposite side of the cabinet. See
Graphic 2.
3. Turn the hinge over, so that it is facing the opposite direction,
and install it on the left-hand side of the cabinet.
4. Insert the rectangular cabinet hole plug, removed earlier, into
the holes remaining after the removal of the top hinge.
5. Using two or more people, push against the top, front of the
refrigerator to tilt it slightly backward.
6. At the bottom, left-hand side of the cabinet, remove the
plastic cover and the foot. Unscrew the leveler, and using the
hex key, remove the front and bottom foot screws.
NOTE: You may need to use a flat-edged tool to pry the
plastic cover from the foot.
A
A. Cabinet hole plug
B. Top hinge screw
B
A
A. Hole plugs (remove and discard)
B. Hole plugs (from Reversibility Kit)
B
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