Oven doors have two door hinges a left and right which allow the oven door to open and close smoothly and at a controlled rate.
How to replace danby oven door hinge.
Close the door back up until it reaches the broil stop position which is only about 1 4 of the way open.
Start by applying a pair of gloves and using a slot screwdriver to unlock the tabs or hinge latches on either side of the door.
Position the door in the broil position and work the oven door hinges back into the receivers on the front of the range frame.
Refer to the owner s manual for directions for reattaching the oven door.
Close the oven door.
The hinges should set into place.
A common problem with the oven door is that the door won t close properly hangs unevenly or won t stay closed most likely due to a damaged or bent hinge.
Oven doors have two door hinges a left and right.
If you oven door won t close fully or heat is escaping out of the top then it could be the oven door hinges that need replacing.
On some ovens the same hinge is used on other ovens the right hinge and left hinge have different part numbers.
If you have trouble as a friend to align the hinges from the bottom while you lift and lower from the top.
Open the door fully and rotate the hinge locking pins into the locked position.
The door hinge sometimes is sold with all necessary parts and springs other times the parts need to be ordered separately.