How To Change Refrigerator Door Handles To Other Side

Unless otherwise noted in model specifications top freezer and bottom freezer refrigerators will ship from the factory with right hand door swing.

How to change refrigerator door handles to other side.

On the top of the fridge door remove the two phillip screws that hold the handle on. Remove the two screws in the same location of the old hinge side and remount the handle and. Unscrew the screws holding the handle to the refrigerator door on the top of the handle. Remove the handle and replace the screws.

Some models do not reverse. Swap the door handles and the door stops to the opposite sides of the door photo 2. Installation of these handles is not covered under warranty. Next remove the middle hinge screws and the bottom door.

Remove the screw securing each stop move the stop and secure it with the screw on the opposite side. Check for plastic parts at both hinges and label them. Repeat with the refrigerator door. The top hinges will usually be secured to both the door and top of the refrigerator with.

For definitions of door swings see refrigerator definitions of a right and left hand door. Then remove the bottom hinge and mount it on the opposite side of the fridge. Unscrew the hinge hardware at the top of the door pull the part out and set it aside with its screws. You can tell if there ar.

Reverse the door stops at the bottom of the refrigerator and freezer doors. How to reverse fridge doors on a frigidaire refrigerator. Then remove the upper door photo 1. Set the handle aside and remove the large plastic plug that was next to the handle and replace on the opposite side.

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. They may be on the sides of the handles or at the top depending on the style of refrigerator.