Maytag MIM1554WRS User Instructions - Page 6

Top Hinge, Bottom Hinge - ice maker

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Remove door 1. Unplug ice maker or disconnect power. 2. Remove the handle screws and handle (on some models). Keep the parts together and set them aside. 3. Remove the hinge pin from the top hinge. 4. Remove the door from the hinges and screw the top hinge pin back into the top hinge. 5. Reverse the door end caps as follows: • Remove the screw and end cap from the top corner. Move it diagonally to the opposite side's bottom corner, keeping the straight side of the end cap facing the front of the ice maker. • Remove the screw and end cap from the bottom corner. Move it diagonally to the opposite side's top corner, keeping the straight side of the end cap facing the front of the ice maker. A B C D 0 Top Hinge ....... A __ B.... Bottom Hinge A. Hinge pin B. Hinge pin sleeve C. Hinge D. Hex-head hinge screw D C B A A. Top corner open (no end cap) B. Beginning top corner end cap C. Beginning bottom corner end cap D. Bottom corner open (no end cap) 6. Set the door aside. Reverse Hinges 1. Unscrew and remove the top hinge. Replace the screws in the empty hinge holes. 2. Remove the screws from the bottom of the opposite side of the ice maker cabinet. Turn the top hinge upside down so that the hinge pin points up. Place the hinge on the bottom opposite side of the ice maker and tighten screws. 3. Remove the plastic hinge pin sleeve from the "old" bottom hinge and replace it on the new bottom hinge pin. 4. Remove the "old" bottom hinge screws and hinge. Replace the screws in the empty hinge holes. 5. Remove the screws from the top of the opposite side of the ice maker cabinet. Turn the hinge upside down so that the hinge pin points down. Place the hinge on the top opposite side of the ice maker and tighten the screws. 6. Remove the top hinge pin. Replace Door 1. Place plastic hinge pin sleeve in the top hinge hole on the door. Align the door with the top hinge hole and replace the top hinge pin. 2. Replace the handle and handle screws. 6 J D A. Hex-head hinge screw B. Hinge pin sleeve C. Hinge D. Hinge pin Reverse Door Catch 1. Remove the hole plugs from the opposite side of the door and set aside. 2. Remove the screws from the magnetic door catch and replace it on the opposite side of the door.

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Remove
door
1.
Unplug
ice
maker or disconnect
power.
2.
Remove
the handle screws
and handle (on some models).
Keep the parts together
and set them aside.
3.
Remove
the hinge pin from the top hinge.
4.
Remove the door from the hinges and screw the top hinge pin
back into the top hinge.
5.
Reverse the door end caps as follows:
Remove
the screw and end cap from the top corner.
Move it diagonally
to the opposite
side's
bottom
corner,
keeping
the straight side of the end cap facing the front of
the ice maker.
Remove
the screw and end cap from the bottom
corner.
Move it diagonally
to the opposite
side's
top corner,
keeping
the straight side of the end cap facing the front of
the ice maker.
A
B
D
C
C
B
0
D
A
A. Top corner
open
(no
end
cap)
B. Beginning
top corner
end cap
C. Beginning
bottom
corner
end cap
D. Bottom
corner
open
(no end cap)
6.
Set the door aside.
Reverse Hinges
1.
Unscrew
and remove the top hinge. Replace the screws
in
the empty
hinge holes.
2.
Remove
the screws from the bottom
of the opposite
side of
the ice maker
cabinet.
Turn the top hinge upside down
so
that the hinge pin points up. Place the hinge on the bottom
opposite
side of the ice maker and tighten
screws.
3.
Remove the plastic
hinge pin sleeve from the "old"
bottom
hinge and replace it on the new bottom
hinge pin.
4.
Remove the "old"
bottom
hinge screws
and hinge. Replace
the screws
in the empty hinge holes.
5.
Remove
the screws from the top of the opposite
side of the
ice maker
cabinet.
Turn the hinge upside down
so that the
hinge pin points down. Place the hinge on the top opposite
side of the ice maker and tighten
the screws.
6.
Remove the top hinge pin.
Replace
Door
1.
Place plastic
hinge pin sleeve in the top hinge hole on the
door. Align the door with the top hinge hole and replace the
top hinge pin.
2.
Replace the handle and handle screws.
Top Hinge
Bottom Hinge
.............................................
.......
A
__
..........................
B
A. Hinge pin
B. Hinge pin sleeve
C. Hinge
D. Hex-head
hinge screw
J
A. Hex-head
hinge screw
B. Hinge pin sleeve
C. Hinge
D. Hinge pin
D
Reverse
Door
Catch
1.
Remove
the hole plugs from the opposite
side of the door
and set aside.
2.
Remove
the screws
from the magnetic
door catch
and
replace it on the opposite
side of the door.
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