How To Fix Fridge Door Hinge

A call to dometic confirmed that the only fix was to replace the doors.

How to fix fridge door hinge.

Norcold refrigerator plastic door hinge broke off. Then scuff the cup portion of the hinge with sandpaper where it will contact the adhesive. Loosen the hinge bolts. The upper freezer door hinge broke on my dometic refrigerator.

Today i found a post on a sportscoach site that mentions a less expensive route. How to fix a refrigerator door that doesn t shut tightly. How to repair norcold refrigerator door hinge rv living about this episode. But i was able to fix it while on the road for 13 00 n.

Apply petroleum jelly to the movable portions of the hinge to protect them from the glue. Place a thin piece of paper between your refrigerator door jamb and the gasket. The following is quotation from that message. If the paper comes out easily without resistance the problem with your door closing lies with the faulty gasket.

Loosen the hinge bolts slightly with a wrench. It can cause the door gaskets to seal poorly and that means your fridge will work harder to keep the milk cold. Pull the paper out from the refrigerator door. They wanted almost 200 00 for a replacement door.

Verify that your refrigerator s gasket needs to be replaced. Straighten the door and retighten the bolts. Short video on a common problem of a fridge door not closing properly. When the refrigerator door fails to shut tightly or create a proper seal cold air can escape the refrigerator and allow warm air to.

Start by removing the hinge from the door and preparing the damaged area photo 1. I invested over 300 in new doors. Please like and share the videos.