How To Replace An Oven Door Hinge (With Video!)

Is your oven door refusing to close properly, leaving your kitchen too hot to handle? Struggling with gaps, persistent oven lights, or heat loss might mean that worn-out door hinges are to blame. No need to worry or call a technician—our step-by-step guide and how-to video just below will walk you through the simple process of replacing those troublesome hinges yourself, saving you time and money.

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Are My Oven Door’s Hinges Bad?

Damaged hinges may squeak or grind when you open the hood as they weaken, but that isn’t the only sign that they’re deteriorating. If there’s a lot of resistance when you open or shut the door, or if your oven door isn’t shutting all the way, it’s time to inspect those hinges.

First, check to make sure that the locking brackets haven’t jammed your oven door. These metal bits should be pressed toward the oven frame. If they are out of place, push them back. That could solve your problem, but if those locking hinges feel loose, or if they won’t hold the door in place, you should replace your oven door hinges. You could also potentially solve your problem with a little bit of cleaning. It could be debris and gunk gumming things up. However, be sure to check for dents, bent parts, rust, or corrosion while you’re scrubbing away. If you see any of these signs of damage, it’s time to replace those hinges.

Oven door hinges should last the life of your appliance. While it’s definitely not unusual to have to replace these components, if damaged or broken hinges are a repeat problem for you, it could be that the hinges are either getting damaged by the high heat of your oven’s self-clean function or prolonged exposure to food debris is causing them to corrode or weaken. A regular schedule of manual cleaning could help prolong the life of your oven’s hinges.

Finding The Right Replacement Part

Each oven generally has its own style of hinge, so it’s important to look for compatible OEM oven replacement parts. Start by getting your oven’s full model number so you can find the right part number. You can find it in the appliance manual, but if you don’t have that, you should be able to find it on a label somewhere on your appliance.

Check these spots:

• Open the oven door with the door handle and check around the frame and side of the oven door.
• Open the broiler or range drawer and check along the sides or on the inside of the door, itself.
• Lift the cooktop and check beneath that.
• Check the exterior of the stove, it could be on the sides or back, behind the main control panel.

Once you’ve got the model number in hand, you can use the search bar below for AppliancePartsPros.com to find a compatible part. Buy from us, and you’ll have what you need in just a couple of days! Our product listings also feature manufacturer diagrams, FAQs, and tips from do-it-yourselfers just like you.

Once you get your replacements, take a look at the package. Oven door hinges come in packs of three, and you will be using two of those hinges. One of them will have a slightly larger spring and likely a yellow stripe up the side of the spring. This one is the stainless steel hinge. Refer to your appliance’s manual, which you can get a copy of online once you have the model number, to see which type of hinge you should use. Using the wrong hinge could cause the new part to break prematurely!

How To Replace An Oven Door Hinge

For this tutorial, we replaced the oven door hinges on a Whirlpool oven, but the steps we’ve outlined should apply to just about any standard oven model. If something in the text isn’t clear, don’t forget to check out our detailed how-to video for a closer look at the process.

Tools for the Job

Replacing oven door hinges doesn’t require many tools, but do make sure you have these handy before you begin:

• Compatible replacement oven door hinges
• Phillips & flathead screwdrivers
• Work gloves
• A flat work surface, like a table, lined with towels or a blanket to protect the oven door

Replacing an Oven Door Hinge

1. Before you begin, make sure you disconnect the appliance from its power source either at the wall outlet or circuit breaker. Never complete maintenance or repairs on an appliance that is still receiving power, and definitely allow your oven to cool completely before beginning this job!
2. Lock the hinges to hold the door open while you remove it. Your oven hinges will likely have brackets that can be moved down to lock the hinges into an open position. Lock that oven door into a 45° open position. This will make it easier to remove the door.
3. With the door locked at 45°, you can pull it off the body. Grip it firmly with both hands and lift up to pull it away from the oven body. Set the oven door on a flat surface like a table – not the stovetop – to make the rest of this job a little easier.
4. Remove all the screws holding the inner and outer door lining together. There are four screws on each hinge, three screws on each side of the door, two or three screws across the top holding the trim and handle on, and one screw at the bottom in the middle. You may need to steady the door as you remove more of these as it will want to fall apart.
5. Set the trim and handle out of the way. They’ll fall off just as soon as you’ve removed the hardware holding them on.
6. Take the side trim pieces off. If they don’t come away by hand, you can pry them off with a small screwdriver.
7. Push the hinges up and then lift the inner panel off. It will be locked in place on a couple of tabs at the top. Just lift up to free it from those.
8. Remove the hinges. You’ll need to lift up on that inner metal plate to free them.
9. Install the new hinges. Lift the inner metal plate and set each new hinge in its channel on either side of the oven door.
10. Put the inner door panel back on. Make sure to seat the metal tabs at the top of the panel first and keep the insulation in place. You will probably have to slide each hinge up slightly to get the inner door panel all the way down.
11. Install the two bottom mounting screws for each hinge. The hinges do not come pre-threaded, so this may be more difficult than expected, but you should be able to do it!
12. Install the two upper mounting screws for each hinge. You may have to press down on the inner door panel to get the screw holes to line up.
13. Install the bottom middle screw on the oven door.
14. Reinstall the side trim pieces. To start, you’ll need to slide the oven door glass away from the side you’re installing the trim on. You may have to rotate the trim slightly, too, to get it into place. It’s held in by a couple of locking tabs that you will need to ensure are seated properly. Once one side is in, push the oven door glass in the opposite direction and repeat the process on the other side, then make sure you center the glass back in the middle of the door.
15. Reinstall the screws that hold the door together. You may need to press up on the interior metal frame to get the holes to line up properly. Start by installing one screw on each side to hold the frame and panels into place.
16. Reinstall the handle assembly. Make sure that the trim is properly aligned with the frame and glass. To do this, you need to press the assembly in at each side, and make sure the glass is seated properly on the assembly’s center tab. Check out our video tutorial for a more detailed visual guide to seating this part properly.
17. Reinstall the top screws to secure the handle assembly.
18. Put the oven door back on. Lock your new hinges at 45°, the way you did with the old hinges when you removed the door. Each hinge will have a notch at the bottom that you need to seat onto a metal bracket on the oven frame.
19. Once the door is mounted again, open it all the way and push the locking tabs back up into the hinges so that your oven door isn’t locked. Once they’re pushed back, you can open and close the oven door normally.

Wrapping Up

Your final step is to restore power to your range and give it a test. Make sure the oven is closing properly and that there isn’t too much resistance when you open and shut the door. Check that the oven light shuts off, and that there aren’t any heat leaks around the door seam. If everything looks good, your install was a success. Congrats!

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