How To Align Kenmore French Door Top

See where you re at from front to back and side to side and choose which side is best level with the back it may be that you only have to adjust the front left or front right foot.

How to align kenmore french door top. Then align the door with the top of the refrigerator. From phill swanson on june 26th 2014. To realign the door just pry off the hinge cap and loosen the hinge screws. A loose door is prone to swing open enabling room temperature air.

Unfortunately most kenmore refrigerators do not allow you to adjust the door by itself. A refrigerator can only keep your food cool if its doors close properly. Adjust only the top hinge to straighten an upper door. Moving the middle hinge will affect the upper door so you may have to adjust the top hinge afterward.

To realign the lower door adjust the middle hinge. Last night i opened the freezer and there was frost building up on the left side. How to align a refrigerator door. Side by side and french door refrigerators require proper door alignment to ensure a proper seal and to ensure the refrigerator maintains its desired look.

Set the level on top of the fridge and check it periodically throughout adjusting to ensure you re hitting level. A nylon plug embedded in the threads of the pin prevents the pin from turning unless a wrench is used after one or two turns of the wrench open and close the refrigerator door and check the alignment at the top of the doors. How to tighten the refrigerator door on a kenmore elite. You have to adjust the bottom of the fridge to ensure the entire unit is level.

There was about 1 8 gap at the top of the door and the seal. If the door on your kenmore refrigerator is not properly aligned it may not close properly causing serious problems with cooling efficiency and effectiveness. After a quick inspection i noticed the door was not fully closing on the left.