Kitchenaid Refrigerator Door Handle Removal

Remove the screws then the handle and then you can side the decorative panels off the door.

Kitchenaid refrigerator door handle removal.

You should not need to remove the door hinge side of the door to pope off the dispenser cover off the door it is only held in. Recently the refrigerator side door handle has loosend to the point that i can see the screws at the lower part of the handle when pulling the door open. Its 12 yrs old and still running like a top. Check the setscrews per the instructions below.

How to replace or install the handles on your kitchenaid french door refrigerator. If either the refrigerator or freezer handle is loose or not tight against the door they might not have been installed correctly. Sometimes the allen screw may be tight but the part the screw installs onto might be loose so taking the door handle off to check is a good. To remove the decorative door panels you need to open the freezer door and remove the freezer door handle it has 6 screws.

The most common reason for replaci. If the door handle on your freezer or refrigerator are loose you simply need to open the fridge or freezer door and tighten the small allen screws on the inner door handle. I m assuming the inner door will have to be removed to access the handle screws to tighten them. This video provides step by step repair instructions for replacing the freezer drawer handle on a kitchenaid 5 door refrigerator model krmf706ess01.

The setscrews might have only been partially tightened when the handles were installed.