How to remove the door from the refrigerator

Often for various reasons, people need to remove the door from the refrigerator. And naturally, the question arises whether it is possible to produce this manipulation itself. The answer is unequivocal - yes. The main thing is to clearly adhere to the instructions and do not forget about the small intricacies of this work.

There are three main reasons why you may need to remove the door from the refrigerator:

Need to translate the door so that it opens in the opposite direction. The most often resorted to the personnel removal of the door in this situation.
Transportation of a large-sized device. Removing the door for more convenient transportation is mainly required for models Side Bai Side or for products that have large convexities on the doors.
Repair refrigerator. In this situation, it is not necessary to perform the removal of the door. After all, in any case, a specialist intervention will be carried out, which will make this work much faster and easier.

To perform all the work, an instruction manual for the operation of the refrigerator from which the door will be removed. This is required due to small differences in the fastening system of different models. Also need stationery tape, flat screwdriver and wrench. It is worth noting that the key size is indicated in the home appliance service book.

Before starting direct removal of the door, preparatory work should be carried out. First, turn off the refrigerator from the power supply network. After that you need to remove all products, shelves and drawers from the chambers. And at the end for additional safety, it is desirable to fix the doors in the closed state with the help of the stationery tape.

Getting Started to dismantle, first remove the lid, which is on the top loop. Depending on the modification of the refrigerator, it can be hidden under the front control panel. In this case, with a screwdriver, you need to pull out the plastic panel, remove it from the locking grooves. You will get access to bolts that fasten the top loop on the refrigerator housing. It is worth noting one nuance: removing the doors of the refrigerator is made only from top to bottom.

Next, disconnect the wiring located at the top of the refrigerator. It is quite simple, since all the wires are connected using special connectors.

Then you need to remove the bolts, with which the loop is attached at the top of the refrigerator. The flipper is made by means of a wrench, the size of which is specified in the instruction manual. And their extraction is a flat screwdriver. Depending on the model and the manufacturer, the upper loop can be attached to two, three or four fixing bolts.

In most models of refrigerators, part of the wiring is laid in special grooves of the upper loop. In this case, it must be pulled out carefully. It is worth doing slowly, in order not to damage any wire.

At the end, it is required to separate the door from the aggregate. To do this, remove the previously glued stationery tape. And, lifting the door, remove it from the bottom loop. It should be done neat, as the door is heavy and fragile. If you need to perform data in a two-chamber refrigerator for the second door, it suffices to repeat the actions of paragraphs 6 and 8.