Reverse The Door Swing-Metal Doors (Optional) - Norcold N61X Manuel D'installation

Reverse the Door Swing-Metal Doors
(optional)
This refrigerator has door hinges that allow you to change the
direction the door opens by moving the hinges on a diagonal to
the opposite side.
1. Remove the doors (See Art00986):
- Remove the storage bins from the doors.
- Remove and save both hinge pins [71] from each door.
- Pull the door latch and remove each door away from the
refrigerator.
2. Change the position of the cabinet hinges and the strike plate
(See Art0178):
- Remove and save the screws from the strike plate [65a].
- Remove the two plastic hole caps that are near the strike
plate.
- Remove the L-shaped plastic covers that are opposite the
hinges.
- Remove and save the screws from the upper cabinet hinge
[67a] of each door.
- Put each of these hinges on the other side of the refrigerator
as the lower hinge [67b].
- Attach each of these hinges with screws.
- Remove and save the screws from the lower cabinet hinge
[66a] of each door.
- Put each of these hinges on the other side of the refrigerator
as the upper hinge [66b].
- Attach each of these hinges with screws.
- Put the L-shaped plastic covers over the holes that were
used by the hinges.
- Remove and save the screw [41] from the front box [68] (See
Art0157).
- Pull the front box away from the refrigerator and out from
under the controls [69].
- Reverse the front box and put it on the opposite side of the
controls.
- Attach the front box to the refrigerator with the screw.
- Put the strike plate on the opposite side of the refrigerator
[65b].
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- Put the two round plastic caps into the holes that are near
the strike plate.
3. Change the position of the door handles and the door hinges
(See Art01695, Art00985, and Art00986):
- Remove the plastic cap that is opposite the upper hinge of
the upper door.
- Remove the cap screws [7] from the door handle [70] and
door hinge [73].
- Remove the screws [41] and door handle from each door.
- Remove the upper hinge of each door.
- Put each of these hinges on the other side of the door as the
lower hinge.
- Attach each of these hinges with the cap screws that were
removed from the other side.
- The recommended torque for each cap screw [7] is 5
in.-lbs.
- Remove the lower hinge of each door.
- Put each of these hinges on the other side of the door as the
upper hinge.
- Attach each of these hinges with the cap screws that were
removed from the other side.
- Reverse each door handle and put the lower door handle on
the upper door and the upper door handle on the lower door.
- Attach each door handle with a cap screw [7] and screws
[41].
- Put the plastic cap into the hole that is opposite the upper
hinge of the upper door.
4. Reinstall the doors (See Art00986):
- Make sure each hinge bushing [74] is in the correct position.
- Put each hinge bushing into the bottom side of each
door hinge.
- Put each door in the position on the refrigerator.
NOTE: To prevent damage to the threads of the hinge pins,
turn the hinge pins by hand until tight and then tighten
with a screwdriver.