Repair Oven Door Hinges

For safety wear a pair of gloves.

Repair oven door hinges.

Close the oven door. This video shows the process to reset the oven door hinge should it become sprung in the removal process. To begin the replacement of your hinges the door needs to be removed and isolated first. You may find the locking tabs at the base of the hinges or up along the side of the oven door pocket.

There will be tabs on each side of the door which you need to unscrew first. If the door doesn t pull up look inside the oven for screws holding the hinges in place and unscrew them. Refer to the owner s manual for directions for reattaching the oven door. It is absolutely essential that you check the receiver as well as the hinge as if it is damaged in any way and you simply fit new door hinges they are incredibly liable.

The most common cause of oven door hinge failures is simply that one of two components will fail either the oven door hinge itself or the oven door hinge receiver has failed. Household appliances can be tremendously frustrating particularly when trying to reinstall an oven door. If you notice that your stove knobs are very hot when the oven is on and that the oven keeps having to reheat your oven door may not be closing all the way. Most ovens have hinge locking tabs but some do not.

When you find the tabs if there are any use your flat screwdriver to pry them open. Close the door back up until it reaches the broil stop position which is only about 1 4 of the way open. Press them as far open as the tabs will go to clear the track. How to replace hinges in order to begin replacing your hinges you ll need to remove the door.

This how to tutorial will demonstrate how to remove. Then start closing the door back up until it reaches the broil position which is about of the maximum opening position. Start by applying a pair of gloves and using a slot screwdriver to unlock the tabs or hinge latches on either side of the door.