How To Change Refrigerator Door Handles To Other Side

Reverse the door stops at the bottom of the refrigerator and freezer doors.

How to change refrigerator door handles to other side.

Check for plastic parts at both hinges and label them. Repeat with the refrigerator door. They may be on the sides of the handles or at the top depending on the style of refrigerator. Installation of these handles is not covered under warranty.

Remove the screw securing each stop move the stop and secure it with the screw on the opposite side. Discount parts direct 218428101 refrigerator replacement door handle for frigidaire replaces ap2114539 241711801 372 ah427922 ea427922 ps427922 0 sold by ishopdirect. But make sure your model has reversible doors. How to reverse fridge doors on a frigidaire refrigerator.

Move the handle to the other side again removing the plugs and then placing them in the now empty holes in the formerly handled side. Set the handle aside and remove the large plastic plug that was next to the handle and replace on the opposite side. Place your hand on the refrigerator handle and glide your hand up along it until you locate the screws securing the top of the handle to the door. Remove the handle and replace the screws.

Remove the two screws in the same location of the old hinge side and remount the handle and. For definitions of door swings see refrigerator definitions of a right and left hand door. Unless otherwise noted in model specifications top freezer and bottom freezer refrigerators will ship from the factory with right hand door swing. Next remove the middle hinge screws and the bottom door.

Then remove the upper door photo 1. Then remove the bottom hinge and mount it on the opposite side of the fridge. You can tell if there ar. The top hinges will usually be secured to both the door and top of the refrigerator with.

Unscrew the hinge hardware at the top of the door pull the part out and set it aside with its screws. Some models do not reverse.