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the plastic sleeve holding bottom of door in place broke anybody heard of a fix for this thanks jw thompson
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dfm wrote:
did you take pix?
Last week my DW opened the fridge door and had the door in her hand "off the hinge" !
Just repaired/rebuilt it to make it bulletproof. The back side of the plastic sleeve that the pin fits into broke on mine. Probably too much weight in the door compartments.
The plastic was broken cleanly so I was able to super glue the piece back in. Then I got an aluminum flat piece, 2 inches by 22 inches by 1/8 inch. Drilled a hole to precisely match the size of the pin and then screws the aluminum to the bottom of the fridge door panel. This reinforces the plastic sleeve so I doubt it will ever break again. The aluminum edge can be seen at the front of the door when closed but it looks like factory o e m.- Had the same problem with one of the doors. Had some GOOP glue in my compartment. Smothered the hinge with the stuff, let it set for 24 hours and that was like eight years ago. No more problems. But I do agree with one of the posts, TOO much weight on the door shelves.
- Had this problem on my old motorhome.
I solved it by placing a thick nylon washer between the bottom hinge and the hinge pin.
This raised the door so the top pin did not drop out of the top hinge. alid wrote:
read this thread.
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I installed the reinforcing kit mentioned in the other thread years ago. It hasn't been a problem.dfm wrote:
Last week my DW opened the fridge door and had the door in her hand "off the hinge" !
Just repaired/rebuilt it to make it bulletproof. The back side of the plastic sleeve that the pin fits into broke on mine. Probably too much weight in the door compartments.
The plastic was broken cleanly so I was able to super glue the piece back in. Then I got an aluminum flat piece, 2 inches by 22 inches by 1/8 inch. Drilled a hole to precisely match the size of the pin and then screws the aluminum to the bottom of the fridge door panel. This reinforces the plastic sleeve so I doubt it will ever break again. The aluminum edge can be seen at the front of the door when closed but it looks like factory o e m.
Had to do the same to my LRM1200 lower hinge left door. I rebuilt the mounting area with different screws, wood shim and JB weld. That was about five years. Holding strong.- Last week my DW opened the fridge door and had the door in her hand "off the hinge" !
Just repaired/rebuilt it to make it bulletproof. The back side of the plastic sleeve that the pin fits into broke on mine. Probably too much weight in the door compartments.
The plastic was broken cleanly so I was able to super glue the piece back in. Then I got an aluminum flat piece, 2 inches by 22 inches by 1/8 inch. Drilled a hole to precisely match the size of the pin and then screws the aluminum to the bottom of the fridge door panel. This reinforces the plastic sleeve so I doubt it will ever break again. The aluminum edge can be seen at the front of the door when closed but it looks like factory o e m. - read this thread.
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