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Customer Questions and Answers for Door Closure Kit by Whirlpool

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Part Number: OEM12743610
Manufacturer Part Number: R0181181

The Door Closure Kit is an OEM replacement part  for Whirlpool refrigerators. The kit includes all the necessary parts to ensure your refrigerator door closes and seals properly - including two black and two white cams used for both the door and the hinge. 

Over time, door closure mechanisms can wear down from continual opening and closing motions. The cushions compress and arms lose tension. Without a tight seal, cold air can escape raising energy costs.

Symptoms of a bad door closure kit include:

  • Doors not closing or sealing fully 
  • Difficulty closing doors that don't latch securely
  • Noticeable cool air loss around door edges
  • Frost buildup indicating air leakage

It is also compatible with Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Magic Chef, Admiral, Norge, Roper, and Kenmore models.

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Hello Anne, The model number lised does not show as a valid model number but the upper hinge is where the wire harness should go for the dispenser. There would be a connector that you would disconnect. If the wire harness does come to the bottom of door then there would be a connector there and the connector will slide through a hole in the hinge and there would be a hole on the cam for the wires to go through.

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Sandy, You'll need to remove power to the refrigerator, remove everything from the door bins, and remove the kickplate grille. Once you remove the top hinge cover 10849401 and the two screws holding the upper hinge assembly 12426201 to the cabinet, you can remove the hinge from the door panel, carefully open the fridge door enough to clear the opening and lift the door up and off the bottom hinge. You can then remove the mounting screw from the closer on the bottom hinge and the cam on the bottom of the door. Use a liberal amount of grease on the closer and cam when you start to re assemble the door. The freezer door will be a bit more difficult, you'll need to disconnect the water tube for the dispenser from the bottom hinge, and disconnect the dispenser wire harness under the top hinge cover, and then proceeed with the basic removel, install procedure.

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Hello David. The white cams install the same way the black ones do. The black are used for replacing the black cams and the white are for white refrigerators. They provide both in the kit R0181181. Hope this helps.

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Hello Gwilym. You should not need the shims. If the cam is all that broke, you will just need to order the cam kit R0181181. Hope this helps.

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Gwilym, You may want to order the screw(s) WP489128 along with the door closure kit. "Order any part with the availability of "In Stock" before 4pm Eastern Time (1pm Pacific Time) and we'll ship it out on the same day it was ordered (business days only, orders received on a Saturday, Sunday, or a national holiday will ship on the following business day). If we fail to ship your in-stock part out on time, call us for a coupon, good for one year, worth 20% off your next order. At present the standard shippion charges are $7.25 and takes two to five business days to deliver(yours could be as little as one day) There is a warehouse in CA. Thanks and Good LUck

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