Adjust Doors - KitchenAid Architect Serie Manual De Instalación

4. Use the leveling bolts to adjust the leveling legs until the
refrigerator is level from front to back.
5. Be sure that all 4 leveling legs contact the floor and support
the full weight of the refrigerator.
6. Make final check to ensure the refrigerator is level.

Adjust Doors

Door Alignment
Use the following steps to adjust door alignment if doors need to
be adjusted left or right.
1. Inspect spacing of the gap between the freezer door and the
refrigerator door. Make sure the spacing between the doors is
the same distance at the top and the bottom.
1. Uneven door gap
2. If the door gap is uneven, loosen the 4 T27 flat-head
mounting screws on top of both hinges. Loosen screws to the
point that the hinge is movable, but there is friction when
trying to move the hinge.
NOTE: DO NOT loosen the two ¹⁄₄ in. hex-head mounting
screws.
1. T27 flat-head mounting screws
2. ¹⁄₄ in. hex-head mounting screws
3. Adjust the hinges so that the door gap is the same distance
at the top as it is at the bottom. The bottom distance should
be used as the template for the top.
4. Tighten the screws on both hinges.
Door Height Adjustment
Use the following steps to adjust the door height, up or down,
after the doors have been leveled.
1. Open the freezer or refrigerator door. Locate the bottom hinge
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2. Remove the locking plate as shown.
3. Turn the bushing located underneath the bottom of the hinge
4. After adjusting, check the doors to make sure they are even
5. Replace the locking plate.
6. Turn the bushing slightly to align the hinge and locking plate
7. Replace the door stop screw or screws and tighten.
8. Make final recheck to make sure the doors are aligned and
and remove the door stop screw.
Classic and Architect ® Models
Remove the door stop screw from the bottom side of the
hinge.
1 2
1. Locking plate
2. Door stop screw
3. Bushing
Overlay Models
Remove the 2 door stop screws: one from the bottom side
using a ³⁄₈ in. open end wrench and one from the top side
using an Allen wrench.
1 2
1. Door stop screw from bottom
2. Door stop screw from top
using the open-end wrench. Turning the bushing to the left
(counterclockwise) will raise the door. Turning the bushing
right (clockwise) will lower the door.
at the top and bottom. If the doors are not even, continue to
turn the bushing to adjust the door height.
screw holes.
even.
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