Electrolux EW28BS87SS Complete Owner s Guide English - Page 11

Removing the Doors

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Removing the Doors 11 Getting through narrow spaces If your refrigerator will not fit through an entrance area, you can remove the doors. Check first by measuring the entrance. To prepare for removing the doors: 1 Make sure the electrical power cord is unplugged from the wall outlet. 2 Open the freezer drawer and remove the toe grille (see Installation section). 3 Remove any food from the door shelves and close the doors. To remove the top hinge covers: 1 Remove the two screws from each cover over the top door hinges. 2 Lift inside edge of hinge cover and tilt back. Front Cover Screw Top Hinge Cover Rear Cover Screw To remove the refrigerator doors 1 Trace lightly around the door's top hinges with a pencil. This makes reinstallation easier. 2 Disconnect the harness by grasping both sides of the connector firmly, depress the latch, and pull apart. Remove the two screws from the top hinge. Lift the door off of the bottom hinge and set it aside. Hinge Screws Multi-wire Cables Leave Hinge With Door Ground Screw Top Hinge Water Line Rear Cover Screw Front Cover Screw Top Hinge Cover Top Hinge Ground Screw Hinge Screws Leave Hinge With Door NOTE DO NOT remove the ground screw from hinge. 3 Detach the water tube from the connector located behind the refrigerator and pull the tube back out to the front of the unit. The connector releases when you press inward on the outer sleeve while pushing the tube toward the connector then while continuing to hold in the sleeve, pull the tube away. NOTE Use care while pulling the water tube from the unit to be sure that you do not kink the tube.

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2
Disconnect the harness by grasping
both sides of the connector firmly,
depress the latch, and pull apart.
Remove the two screws from the top
hinge. Lift the door off of the bottom
hinge and set it aside.
3
Detach the water tube from the
connector located behind the
refrigerator and pull the tube back out
to the front of the unit. The connector
releases when you press inward on
the outer sleeve while pushing the
tube toward the connector then while
continuing to hold in the sleeve, pull
the tube away.
Removing the Doors
Getting through narrow
spaces
If your refrigerator will not fit through an
entrance area, you can remove the doors.
Check first by measuring the entrance.
To prepare for removing the doors:
1
Make sure the electrical power cord
is unplugged from the wall outlet.
2
Open the freezer drawer and remove
the toe grille (see Installation section).
3
Remove any food from the door
shelves and close the doors.
To remove the top hinge covers:
1
Remove the two screws from each
cover over the top door hinges.
2
Lift inside edge of hinge cover and tilt back.
Rear
Cover
Screw
Ground
Screw
Top
Hinge
Top Hinge
Cover
Hinge
Screws
Multi-wire
Cables
Leave
Hinge
With
Door
Front
Cover Screw
Water
Line
Rear
Cover
Screw
Top
Hinge
Ground
Screw
Front
Cover Screw
Top Hinge
Cover
Hinge
Screws
Leave
Hinge
With
Door
To remove the refrigerator doors
1
Trace lightly around the door’s top
hinges with a pencil. This makes
reinstallation easier.
NOTE
DO NOT remove the ground screw from hinge.
NOTE
Use care while pulling the water tube from the
unit to be sure that you do not kink the tube.