Whirlpool WRT138FFD Installation Instructions - Page 14

Connecting the water valve tubing

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Connecting the water valve tubing Refer to the diagram below for the following steps. 1. Refer to the inset in DETAIL A and pull the plastic insert out of the fill tube spout and discard it. 2. Locate the water valve tubing clamp (from the ice maker kit), and note that one of the flanges is made for a threaded screw and the other side has a round hole. Position this clamp with the round hole side facing up, and slide it over the end of the spout (see DETAILS A, B and D). Thread a 1⁄2" hex-head sheet metal screw into the clamp with your fingers as far as possible. You will tighten the screw later. 3. Refer to DETAIL A, and position the metal water tube insert as shown, then press it all the way into the water valve tubing. 4. Refer to DETAIL B and D, and slide the end of the tubing into the end of the fill tube spout as far as it will go (if the tubing does not reach, pull as much as necessary up through the clips), then tighten the tubing clamp screw as much as possible. Pull on the tubing to make sure that it is secure. If it slides out of the spout, push it back in, and tighten the clamp screw further until the tubing is secure. 5. Press the tubing into the two clips (see DETAIL C) you installed earlier on the back of the cabinet. You will connect the free end of the tubing later. 6. Pull any excess tubing near the fill tube down through the two clamps so it forms a straight line with a loop at the bottom of the water valve. Insert end of tubing into this fill tube (for top/ SXS freezers) DETAIL B Fill tube Slide clamp over spout Fill tube Top/SXS freezers spout Tighten screw on spout as much as possible Insert tubing into spout as far as possible DETAIL D Fill tube Tighten Bracket Fill tube Slide clamp over spout screw on spout as much as possible Insert tubing into spout as far as possible Water valve tubing DETAIL A Insert end of tubing into this fill tube (for bottom freezers) Tubing clip DETAIL C Remove plastic insert INSET Bottom freezers Water tube insert Water valve tubing Fill tube spout Water valve tubing clamp 1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screw Connecting the water valve tubing to the fill tube 14

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Connecting the water valve tubing
Refer to the diagram below for the following steps.
1.
Refer to the inset in DETAIL A and pull the plastic insert out
of the fill tube spout and discard it.
2.
Locate the water valve tubing clamp (from the ice maker
kit), and note that one of the flanges is made for a threaded
screw and the other side has a round hole. Position this
clamp with the round hole side facing up, and slide it over
the end of the spout (see DETAILS A, B and D). Thread a 1⁄2"
hex-head sheet metal screw into the clamp with your fingers
as far as possible. You will tighten the screw later.
3.
Refer to DETAIL A, and position the metal water tube insert
as shown, then press it all the way into the water valve
tubing.
4.
Refer to DETAIL B and D, and slide the end of the tubing into
the end of the fill tube spout as far as it will go (if the tubing
does not reach, pull as much as necessary up through the
clips), then tighten the tubing clamp screw as much as
possible. Pull on the tubing to make sure that it is secure.
If it slides out of the spout, push it back in, and tighten the
clamp screw further until the tubing is secure.
5.
Press the tubing into the two clips
(see DETAIL C) you installed earlier on the back of the
cabinet. You will connect the free end of the tubing later.
6.
Pull any excess tubing near the fill tube down through the
two clamps so it forms a straight line with a loop at the
bottom of the water valve.
Insert end of
tubing into this
fill tube (for top/
SXS freezers)
Insert end of
tubing into this
fill tube (for
bottom freezers)
Tubing
clip
DETAIL C
Top/SXS freezers
Bottom freezers
DETAIL A
DETAIL B
Fill tube
Remove
plastic
insert
INSET
Fill tube
spout
Water valve
tubing clamp
Fill tube
spout
Slide clamp
over spout
Tighten
screw on
spout as
much as
possible
Insert tubing
into spout
as far as
possible
Water tube insert
Water valve
tubing
1
±
2
" hex-head
sheet-metal
screw
Water
valve
tubing
DETAIL D
Fill tube
Slide clamp
over spout
Tighten
screw on
spout as
possible
Insert tubing
into spout
as far as
possible
Bracket
Fill tube
much as
Connecting the water valve tubing to the fill tube