Whirlpool Oven Door Removal Old Style without hinge lock
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- Circa 2000 whirlpool oven door removal. This whirlpool oven does not have the typical hinge lock that the more recent models have which allow easy removal of the door. This style incorporates a hole which you need to put an Allen key in or a nail to allow it to disengage from the main oven body. It’s very easy and straightforward. Removal of the door will allow easy disassembly of the door and cleaning of the interior glass.
Few updates - I just recently took the lower door off the hinge in order to clean the interior of the glass panels. I had done the upper door in this video. Very easy to do. I used a 16D nail to put in the hole. Cut the nail so that it is about 3/8ths - 4/8ths of an inch long including the head. That allows it to stick into the hole when the door is open and the head keeps it from going through. They have to be short in order to remove the hinge during the glass cleaning process below. If they are too long then you will not be able to get the hinge out of it placement and separate the metal pieces to remove the glass. I cut the nail with some bolt cutters. Once the two nail pieces are in place close the door which pinches the nails and keeps them in place. Instructions from Whirlpool Technical manual
To remove the oven door:
1.Install a pin (nail in this case) in the hole of each oven door hinge hanger.
2.Close the oven door as far as the two pins will allow.
3.Grasp the sides of the door and lift the door until it stops, then pull the hinge hangers out of the slots.
4. With two hands remove and carefully place the door on a table with a towel in place to protect it.
Remove the door handle piece of glass by removing 4 screws. Two are on the top and two are on the bottom. Two of the screws have a small metal bracket that hold the glass in place. Remove that glass/handle piece and clean with windex and towels. Now onto the other piece of glass. Having the short nails will now allow you to remove the 4 screws (2 for each) holding the hinge spring assembly. Remove the screws and gently lift the hinge spring assembly out of the hole. Do this on both sides. The screws are the only screws visible on the inside of the door (right behind the hinge, 2 on each side). The removal of the screws allows the metal plate holding the glass in place. Now the metal frame can be removed and the glass taken out and cleaned. I used a razor to clean the baked on grease. Clean all metal and glass surfaces. Reassemble.
To reinstall the oven door:
1. Grasp the sides of the door and tilt it back at a slight angle, then insert the hinge hangers into the hinge slots as far as they will go.
2. Rotate the top of the door towards the oven so the hinge hangers fit onto the support pins.
3. Close the oven door as far as the pins will allow, and make sure that the hinge hangers are fully seated on the support pins. If they are not seated properly, the door will not close tightly and may be off-center. To seat the hinge hangers, open the door slightly, and push in on the bottom until the hangers are fully seated.
4. Open the oven door to its fully open position and remove the two hinge hanger pins (nails in my case....)
5. Close the oven door completely and check it for proper operation and alignment
I also replaced the upper barrel blower fan for $140. Makes a huge difference in the sound of the oven. Definately worth it if you oven is noisy. Also replaced the thermal inline fuse protecting the circuit panel. This cost $20.
This manual explains a ton on the oven and is well worth the read....
www.manualslib.com/manual/1477368/Whirlpool-Gbd307pd.html#manual
Enjoy!
Very helpful. Thank you! This gives me enough enthusiasm to maybe try to ressurect the upper broiler unit that a repair guy failed to fix while ruining the blower...which I then replaced
I have the same oven, so thank you for this very complete and detailed write-up!
Iv searched for 2 days trying to find a video on how to take my old school frigidaire door off. Your video was a life saver ! Thank u for making it simple and easy to do!
Over here wrestling a door like Gilgamesh wrestled Enkidu. Then I found this video, and it was on in seconds. Thank you so much you saved my marriage.
Erik Williams - too funny! Glad you liked it and it helped save something important! Thanks for commenting. 😀
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After finding only videos for newer style ovens, I Family found this one which is exactly how my older oven is. This was a lifesaver and probably save me four to $500 in repair fees. Thank you very much.
So glad it helped. It could’ve been better, but I think you sound very confident and competent! I think mine is time to be taken apart and cleaned again ! Good luck
This video didn't give me great confidence in removing and being sure that I could put the door back since the guy actually doesn't remove or put back the door. The best thing anybody looking at this video can do is to instead look the users guide for your oven since that nicely explains everything. What they also tell you is use 5/32" allen wrench keys - short end inserted into the hole that was pointed in the video. That size is the recommended size from Whirlpool. I just finished removing and re-installing today - it is an easy job - I was unnecessarily worried. After cleaning the insides of the oven door, the things looks as good as new!
Procedure as per the manual:
1. Open the door fully
2. Insert small end of the 5/32 Allen Wrench or similar diameter nail into the two holes
3. Grasp the top handle of the door and gently close as far it will shut. Pull door out at the bottom to remove.
4. Instructions don't say this until later - but don't try to remove the Allen wrench at this stage.
To clean the oven door, you need to remove only 4 screws - two on the top edge of the door and two exactly on the opposite edge - the screws that became visible due to door removal. Don't remove the screws from the bottom face of the door. [This is my instruction]
To put the door back:
1. Keeping the door almost vertical, insert the hinge arms into the slots in the frame. Push at lower corner to make sure that they fully engage.
2. Open the door all the way
3. Remove the Allen wrench keys
4. Close the door
I was so worried about door going back - but it was a piece of cake.
BimalPoddar - thanks for watching and clarifying the process. I was unable to find the user guide and would never had thought they would post such a process in it in the first place. Great that they do and glad you posted it for everyone.
Thank you so much for the written instructions. Tremendous help.
Finally! I have found a video that clearly shows how to get the oven door off of my specific model. All I needed was the secret to the hinge and I will take it from there. Thanks!
Rocky Cook - glad it helped. You sound like you're very capable of taking it from here. It's really not that hard and it's worthwhile doing. Come to think of it I need to do the bottom oven which I didn't do when I initially made this video. Good luck!
Thanks again. I tried it yesterday and got the doors off really easy.
For the people asking about how to put them back. It’s really easy. Just put it back the same way it came out and open the door all the way. The tension comes off the hole and take off the nail.
none of the pros told us about these hinges...thanks for the info...very helpful video
Was replacing the glass on my older Whirlpool and found this video. Thanks! I couldn't figure out how to take the door off.
I need to replace the glass on my oven door and I am nervous about taking The screws out of the inner panel because this guy says the springs are in there for the door attention? Can you tell me how you took the door apart without the springs going off on you?
An update - just cleaned this oven again. Actually did it all with out reading these great instructions below. Couple of variants I thought I would mention. This time I cut 2 small 16 Penny nails to 3/4 of an inch. I just cut the shank part so both pieces do not have the nail head. This length gives you plenty of margin on both sides of the hinge for you don't want the nail piece to come off. The problem presented when it is 3/4 of an inch is that you cannot remove the hinge assembly (nail prevents it) which is required to get the middle piece of glass out for cleaning. Solution is to take a pair of vice grips that are closed and put them over the hinge through the open part of the jaws. That allows you to easily put leverage on the hinge (the hinge hook rests on the vice grip) to remove the nail pin carefully. Then you can remove the entire hinge which also releases the metal panel holding the middle piece of glass. There is some insulation in there as well that can be carefully removed. Entire process took about an hour. Thought I would throw out some other observations.... do not use the oven in the cleaning mode. It gets way too hot and burns out the thermal fuse. This fuse is easy to replace but getting the oven out to access it is a pain. So I quit using the self cleaning feature. Yours may have better ventilation in the back such that the temperature does not trip the one time use thermal fuse. Second, I replaced the squirrel cage fan since the original one was old and making a lot more noise than it should. Again an easy replacement. In 25 years of using this oven those are the only two things I have done on the oven. The heating elements are still the original ones. This oven rocks!
Condor5635 you are my hero. I was spending way too much trying to remove the door on my 25 year old Superba model. Kitchenaid documents are incorrect. You figures out the allen key and you made my day. All the other web sources were dealing with the latch approach. THANK YOU.
Glad it helped!
Thank goodness!!! My landlord has an ancient oven like this & yes, everyone else has a latch which would have been easy to figure out.
Finally!!!! 😃
I can’t believe how well it worked! Effortless! Thank you so much!
Super helpful, all I was finding was instructions on the ones with the clips. I figured it had something to do with the hinge holes, but I was at a loss. Was also surprised to find that door has four different glass panels in it, and that I'd remarkably ordered the right one. :D
This video is a life saver. Thanks for posting it.
Glad it was useful! Thanks for the comment.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I was able to remove the door, clean it and put it back. You rock!
Brilliant.....spend 2 hours b4 your video. 2 minutes after...Thanks mate
Fantastic video saved me hours of trying to figure out how to remove door....GENIUS!
Glad it helped sorry it wasn’t real time video!
I used two 5/32" Allen wrenches to lock the hinges in the open position. Insert the short end in the hinge hole. Worked like a charm!
Thank you so much!!! I have been tearing my hair out over how to remove my oven door to give it a good clean. My oven is a Fiori but once I saw those holes in the hinges I knew what to do. Thanks again, you are a legend.
Glad it helped!
Dang brother. I would like to send you a six pack. Your a life saver.
This is the only video I found on this type of door without latches.
Before finding this video I tried all day long to remove it and damaged my door in the process. While putting it back I broke the glass.
I just bought a used model and was going to remove the whole oven cause I was afraid to break them again. Now I can clearly see the whole that keeps the tension to allow you to remove the door. Tomorrow I will try to swap the doors.
Thank you sir!!!
So glad!! Thanks!
So happy I have found your video and was able to remove the door from my ancient KitchenAid wall oven/micro combo. Most videos I have seen are not this kind of hinges. Thank soooo very much.
So happy it made your day! Thanks for commenting
Our oven is identical, and I was never able to figure out how to freeze the springs in order to remove the door so we could disassemble and clean the inner glass. Great video, thanks for the how-to.
Glad it helped. Replacing the squirrel cage fan on mine was a huge improvement. It’s so much quieter now it’s unbelievable definitely worth $140. I disassembled my old one and tried to clean it up lubricate it but nothing like the new one
OMG!! You are my hero! I had the replacement glass arrive today, but every video is about the stupid hinge clip which my model ALSO, does not have! There was NO WAY I WAS GOING TO GIVE UP! Thanks to you.... I just removed the door and now am going to to replace the interior cracked glass. I used those metal pins for meant for holding up shelves, and it was perfect.
Long story short, never, ever, EVER, use the self clean feature (code: for self destructing clean feature) on the double oven. Its rolling the dice for malfunction.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for making this video!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!
Glad it helped! Yes I quit using self cleaning feature because the 900 deg temps were tripping the single used thermal fuse located behind the unit. It’s an easy repair and cheap but getting the thing out of the enclosure is not worth it. If there was some supplemental air flow or venting it would probably be fine. No big deal for us anyway. Again glad it was helpful. You rock!
Dude, I was scratching my head from the other vids. You saved me!
thebighair37 glad it helped thanks for watching. Good luck
Thank you, I noticed those holes and thought they had to have something to do with it.
Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
Can you possible show how the door comes off and how you reattached the door again. Don't want to have the door off and can't attach door! Please help!
Thanks Bub.
Thank you very much for the video, it was really hard finding out how to remove door on such an old unit... I was a little scared I wouldn't be able to figure out how to reinstall the door since you didn't mention how to do it in the video. For those in the same boat, here's my experience. I put 2 allen wrenches in each hole. I took out the door with the instructions mentioned in the video. When you remove the door, the allen wrenches get locked into the hinges. When you're ready to put it back in, just do the opposite... Insert the hinges in the hole while the door is in the almost closed position. Lower the door and the hinges will install and the allen wrenches will be released and you can take them out. Hope this helps. Thanks again for the video, I would never have been able to figure it out without it!
Starch March - glad it helped. In hindsight I could have done a little better job of showing the steps but it was one of those ones where I thought about it after the fact. It is really not that hard once you know the trick. Thanks for posting and the comment!
Thanks, I was wondering about the Alan wrenches. I need to replace the inner glass on my oven door and I am nervous about taking The screws out of the inner panel because this guy says the springs are in there for the door tension? Can you tell me how you took the door apart without the springs going off on you?
Thank you so much.We have a20 yr old Kitchen Aid double oven.Glass broke.You guided us through.
you’re a life saver. yup, every other video mentions hinges. Thank million. BTW if the panel ever goes ledgestone technologies sells a replacement
BushLeagueProd - good to know. Thanks!
Thank you very much for your video to help me to figure out how to remove the oven door with the old style door hinges without the lock.
david gong - glad it was of use David. Thanks for commenting.
Thank you
Thank you, it's a much needed video 👍
And this worked on on my old 1995 KitchenAid Superba too. Thanks!!
Really helpful. It was easy to get it off with that solution. You are brilliant!
Glad it helped you. Have a great day
Thank you!!! That was very helpful. Believe it or not, the glass on the inside door panel spontaneously shattered when I opened the door. Fortunately it didn't get into the food I was making. I am hoping to replace the inside panel. Getting the door off was the first step.
I need to replace the glass on my oven door (One time we were baking and the interior glass just shattered, just like yours!) and I am nervous about taking The screws out of the inner panel because this guy says the springs are in there for the door attention? Can you tell me how you took the door apart without the springs going off on you? Let me know how you made out with this please. Thanks.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Cheers Bud. this vid is one of a kind
Thank you very much!
Welcomed!
Thank you!
Glad it helped good luck
INGENIOUS! Thank you
AN FYI, SOME HAVE A CLIP IN THE HINGE SLOT ON THE STOVE ITSELF< YOU MUST REMOVE THOSE PRIOR TO TRYING TO REMOVE DOOR> THIS CAN BE DONE WITH PLIERS.
Kevin Kerrigan - thanks for noting that. Most videos are the door types with an easy hinge lock visible. This door was prior to those ones and is much cleaner design but harder to figure out! There are many videos on the newer hinge design types. Thanks!
Hi Kevin- I too have an older kitchenaid (whirlpool) without the built in hinge lock and it has a clip at the top of where the hinge feeds into the stove body. The hinge attached to the door itself has a top and bottom groove to fit over too internal rods I can see thru the long slits in the stove body on both sides. I had to take pliers and pull out that clip in order to be able to remove my oven door....I am unable to get it back in. It will not close all the way now as it is not situated where it should be and I cannot even close the door as it hits the top of the stove edge :( Any ideas? thanks, Nicole
@@ellerystickle3125 I am having same problem...can not get it re-installed. Did you figure it out?
You save my Day
Julio Turiño - glad it helped. Thanks for commenting and watching.
AT NO POINT DOES HE REMOVE THE DOOR - xWaste of time.
Mystic Meadows Homestead - maybe you need someone to hold your hand the entire time Mystic. Definitely not something you undertake. Sorry I didn’t meet your standards you should contact Takl
Not a complete waste of time, the words helped, but actually doing it would REALLY have helped. Did it myself, but the wiggling at the right angle took some time. Tip for future video to actually do the task..
Hey- So, we had the inner glass of our Model GMC275PDQ2 break, so I have just ordered the glass replacement. When watching the video she send to replace it, same problem- all have hinge clips, however ours does not. I was happy to come across this video. Can you explain how to put the door back in? Do you leave the 16 penny nail in the hinge holes while you are replacing the glass and when do you take those out/ wondering how the door gets back in. Thanks! Kim
Greg - thanks for watching. Keep nail in while putting the door back in. The metal hinge pieces go in the holes and rest in the mating parts which is hidden. Then once it is back in pulling the door more open allows you to remove the nail which then ‘locks’ it back in. Hope this helps!
@@condor5635 So when I get the door out, I will need to keep the nails in while taking the cover off to remove old glass and put new in, correct? Then replace door fold down and remove nails (I did take it out and put it back in just to make sure I did that part right (still waiting on the glass replacement, and didn't know if I could take the nails out while fixing it or if it would mess up the coils. Really appreciate your feedback- whirlpool was not help and sent me videos mult times of ones with hinge locks.
Greg - leave nail in entire time while removed and cleaning replacing glass. Only remove after mating the door back into unit. I cut the nail so it was only enough to go through the hole and keep the hinge from closing. Otherwise it can obstruct you from mating it back to the main unit. Hope that helps
Greg were you able to remove it successfully?
@@condor5635 Yes thanks
Any tricks to putting the door back on? I need to clean mine and would hate to be not able to put it back on. thank you. Maybe make a quick example video? Thanks again.
Mark Fannin - not really. Very easy
Life saver
Awesomeness. Thanks.
I have a cracked inner glass so thanks for this. I kept seeing the same hinge clip things you did. I found the manual and it had these instructions but it was nice to see the video. The manual came with removal pins for that purpose. The glass is on it's way. I appreciate you saying not to remove those 4 screws because based on other videos I probably would have. So my question is do you need to have the door face up or face down as you disassemble?
Just remove the screws while laying it on a table and you’ll see how it comes apart easily
How to Put the Door on a Whirlpool Super Capacity 465 Accubake Oven
The hinges on a Whirlpool Super Capacity 465 Accubake oven attach to the oven door rather than the body of the oven. When you remove the oven door to make repairs, you must secure the hinges in the open position to allow you to put the door back onto the hidden hinge pins after the repairs are finished. Failure to secure the hinges can complicate the reinstallation of the oven door, as the hinge springs make it difficult to move the hinges from the closed to the open positions.
1-Lay the oven door face down on a stable work surface or the ground.
2-Grab the exposed hinges at the bottom left and right sides of the door with your fingers or pliers. Pull the hinges from the door until you expose the small round opening on each hinge.
3-Insert a small finishing nail through the holes in the hinges. Release the hinge. The small nails hold the hinges open.
4.Lift the oven door. Make sure the open hinges face away from you.
5-Insert the hinges into the slots cut in each side of the oven opening. Two hinge pins exist inside these slots.
Lower the hinges onto the pins. This may take a couple of tries before you hook the hinges over the pins, as the pins are hidden from view.
6-Close the Whirlpool Super Capacity 465 Accubake oven door as far as the nails in the hinges will allow. Hold the door in this position while you remove the finishing nails from the hinges. Allow the oven door to close.
Things You Will Need
-Pliers
-Small finishing nails
Hope this helps, I found this directions in the internet after I watched the video and then have a little trouble to put the door back. However, I watched this video firsts and helped a lot, thanks so much for taking the time to post it.
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Great video. Just what I needed. My door on my Whirlpool built in oven closes just fine, but doesn't remain closed all the way after I shut it. If straight up is 90 degrees from the floor, then I would say my door is at 87 degrees from the floor when closed. Will replacing the springs hinges do the trick?
JO - is the 3 degree variation you describe something that pushing it forward with your hand closes? Or is it stuck there? Hard to say - if you can close it completely by pushing on it with a little force it might be that the springs have weakened over the years. When mine is closed there is no play in it. It is firmly against the rubber stops. Replacing the springs would not be difficult to do. You just have to be careful because they are very strong springs. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@condor5635 Yes. I can easily push the door forward the 3 degrees, but then it 'springs' right back to 87 degrees. If it goes to say 86 degrees, the oven light comes on. I took out the hinges/springs today and had an idea to relocate the pin up a 1/2" or so, thus tightening the spring some more. After seeing how tight the spring is, and knowing that springs can be deadly or cause serious injury, I opted not to try my idea and just order new hinges with springs. There goes $85 shipped for two new hinges with springs. Hope this does the trick! Thanks for your input, and again for your video. Got the door off in seconds!
JO - interesting idea on movement of the mounting hole but probably easier in the end to just get the springs like you did. Please let me know how the new springs work out. Mine may be close to going out as well! Thanks
How do you remove the side trim? I need to pull mine out (same model)
At the very bottom of the lower oven if you open the doors, you’ll see two screws. One on the left one on the right right near the hinges the screws go through the trim pieces remove the screws in the trim piece will shift down and come out.
Thanks dude!
It would have been helpful to actually SEE the process and not just hear it described.
Agree but most people figure it out ok. Video was kind of an afterthought. Thanks
i have watched 15 videos . i have a whirlpool and have those hinges in this video but no hole.
So you don’t have the hole in the hinge like this oven and you don’t have the more recent hinge with the part that unlocks the hinge by pulling up on the little lever? The hole is only visible when the door is completely open
Tanks for this video. Does anyone know hoe to make adjustments on this hinge configuration so the door closes completely? I switched doors from top to bottom so I know the problem is in the oven, not the door. THANKS
Joe Pusateri - I actually took this oven out yesterday to clean the squirrel cage fan. I don’t think switching the doors was a good idea. You probably want to stick with the way they were. Is there a reason you switched the doors? Although you might be able to make an adjustment with the oven removed inside paneling taken off it would appear to be difficult if not impossible just from my thoughts. Thanks for watching and the comment
How does it go back on?
With the hinges still having the pins in them put the hinges back into their holes and you should be able to move the door and allow the hinges to lock/engage back in place Where are you can remove the pins at that point
What model is your oven?
RBD305PDB3 Whirlpool
Double oven black
Self cleaning - don’t use this feature. It will more than likely blow a thermal fuse in the back of the unit
This works great! But I’ll admit a video would have been great for us literal knuckleheads. Studied my hinges (was exactly like this one) for 30 minutes and couldn’t figure out how it was going to work. Hunted for other videos and web to no avail. Finally got my Allen wrenches out, inserted short ends from outside in, leaned long end agains stove body, slowly closed door and eureka! Magic happened! Put the door back on just to verify, a little trickier but not much! Now just hoping there is a thermal switch I can reset once I pull it out that popped during self-(shoot yourself in the foot) cleaning. Thanks for video! Never would have figured it out myself.
Thanks for watching. The thermal switch Is in the back of the oven. It is not resettable you have to buy the part. It’s an easy fix but getting the oven out as a quite a chore. We don’t use our self cleaning anymore due to the fact that the thermal switch has tripped twice. Cabinet must get too hot. 😞
What is 16 penny? I cant reinstal mine. Here we have 1, 5, 10 25 cent only. Not 16 Penny.
16 penny is a nail size. Doesn't have anything special to do with it. Just use a drill bit or Allen wrench that fits in the holes
But then how do you put it back on?
Stick the hinges back in and put the door close to the close position and you can engage the hinge again and then open and remove your two pins. Thanks for watching
Been nice if you showed how
One of those videos that you think about after the fact unfortunately. It’s easy you can do it
Not gonna say how to put it back though eh?
Have to leave something for the adventurous to figure out!
AND HE NEEDS TO SPEAK UP OR TURN UP THE MIC COULD ALMOST HEAR HIM???
I think you need your hearing checked is what I think
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it says oven door removal???????????????????
Ben Daga - yeh you can do it. It is very easy
@@condor5635 If it was easy you could do it
Ryan518 I did do it... just thought I would post after the fact. So many comments of gratitude- this might be too much for you to tackle. Call a repairman. Thanks
Pretty useless since you don’t actually remove and replace the door.
Thanks got great comments mostly but yours
@@condor5635 Sorry, but at least one other person mentioned it. Turns out I have yet a different type of door. I did find a TH-cam video showing how to take it off, but putting it back on was a little tricky and he didn’t show that.
@@rsvihla video was an afterthought Sorry it did not help you
@@condor5635 It obviously helped some people. Not your fault I had a different type of door.
This vid was a waste of time. The caption is misleading
Funny, how many positive comments I’ve gotten with people who can take on some thing by themselves and not have their hand held the entire time. Stick to your day job and give up DYI projects