KitchenAid 15-Inch Width Panel-Ready Ice Maker with Reversible Door Swing Use & Care Manual
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Ice Maker Door
Tools needed:
Gather the required tools and parts before starting installation.
Gather the required tools and parts before starting installation.
Remove Door
1. Unplug ice maker or disconnect power.
2. Remove the handle screws and handle from the top of the
2. Remove the handle screws and handle from the top of the
door (on some models). Keep the parts together and set them
aside.
aside.
3. Remove the hinge pin from the top hinge.
4. Remove the door from the hinges and screw the top hinge pin
4. Remove the door from the hinges and screw the top hinge pin
back into the top hinge.
5. Remove the door skin (on some models) as follows:
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Remove the two screws from the top and bottom of the
door skin.
door skin.
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Remove the skin and the edge covers from the door. Keep
the parts together and set them aside.
the parts together and set them aside.
6. Reverse the door end caps as follows:
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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.
it diagonally to the opposite side's bottom corner, keeping
the straight side of the end cap facing the front of the ice
maker.
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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.
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.
7. Place the door back into the skin, keeping the edge covers in
place. Replace the two screws in the top and bottom.
8. Depending on your model, the brand badge for the door of
your ice maker may be in the package with the Use & Care
Guide. Fasten the brand badge to the door.
Guide. Fasten the brand badge to the door.
9. 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.
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.
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.
top hinge pin.
2. Replace the handle and handle screws (on some models).
Top Hinge
Bottom Hinge
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⁵⁄₁₆" wrench
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Flat putty knife
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¹⁄₄" wrench
■
Phillips screwdriver
Hinge pin
⁵⁄₁₆
" Hex-head hinge screw
Handle screw
End cap screw
A. Top corner open (no end cap)
B. Beginning top corner end cap
B. Beginning top corner end cap
C. Beginning bottom corner end cap
D. Bottom corner open (no end cap)
D. Bottom corner open (no end cap)
A
B
D
C
C
D
B
A
A. Hinge pin
B. Hinge pin sleeve
B. Hinge pin sleeve
C. Hinge
D. Hex-head hinge screw
D. Hex-head hinge screw
A. Hex-head hinge screw
B. Hinge pin sleeve
B. Hinge pin sleeve
C. Hinge
D. Hinge pin
D. Hinge pin
D
C
B
A
D
C
B
A