GE GTS17JBWWW Installation Instructions - Page 12

Reversing The Door Swing

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Installation Instructions 2 REVERSING THE DOOR SWING (CONT.) 3 REMOVE THE FRESH FOOD DOOR 3.1 Tape the door shut with masking tape. 3 REMOVE THE FRESH FOOD DOOR (CONT.) 3.5 Transfer the two screws from the opposite side of the cabinet to the screw holes vacated by the center hinge removal. 3.6 Transfer the washer (if your model has one) to the opposite side. 3.2 Using a 5/16″ hex-head socket screwdriver and a 5/16″ open-end wrench, remove the two screws holding the center hinge (and the shim glued to it) to the cabinet. Lift the center hinge to free its pin from the socket in the top of the door, and set hinge and screws aside. Be careful not to lose the center hinge spacer and washer. 3.7 Take one of the screws removed in step 2 and start it in the outermost screw hole on the opposite side. Do not drive it all the way down-leave enough space under the screw head for thickness of shim and bracket. 3.3 Remove the tape and tilt the door away from the cabinet. Lift the door from the pin in the bottom hinge bracket. (If the plastic washer sticks to the door bottom, put it back on the hinge.) 4 REVERSING THE HARDWARE 4.1 Move the bottom hinge bracket (and shim glued to it) and plastic washer from the right side to the left side. Plastic Washer Switch the hinge pin to the opposite side of the bracket. Hinge Bracket 3.4 Set the door outside-up on a non-scratching surface. 12

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Installation Instructions
3.1
Tape the door shut with masking tape.
REMOVE THE FRESH FOOD DOOR
3
3.4
Set the door outside-up on a non-scratching surface.
3.3
Remove the tape and tilt the door away from the
cabinet. Lift the door from the pin in the bottom
hinge bracket. (If the plastic washer sticks to the
door bottom, put it back on the hinge.)
3.2
Using a 5/16
″
hex-head socket screwdriver and
a 5/16
″
open-end wrench, remove the two
screws holding the center hinge (and the shim
glued to it) to the cabinet. Lift the center hinge
to free its pin from the socket in the top of the
door, and set hinge and screws aside.
Be careful
not to lose the center hinge spacer and washer.
3.7
Take one of the screws removed in step 2 and start
it in the outermost screw hole on the opposite side.
Do not drive it all the way down—leave enough space
under the screw head for thickness of shim and
bracket.
12
REVERSING THE HARDWARE
4
REVERSING THE DOOR SWING
(CONT.)
2
3.5
Transfer the two screws from the opposite side of the
cabinet to the screw holes vacated by the center
hinge removal.
3.6
Transfer the washer (if your model has one) to the
opposite side.
3
REMOVE THE FRESH FOOD DOOR
(CONT.)
4.1
Move the bottom hinge bracket (and shim glued to it)
and plastic washer from the right side to the left side.
Plastic
Washer
Hinge
Bracket
Switch the hinge pin to the
opposite side of the bracket.