Hey all.
The “flap” that forms the “seal” between the two doors is attached to the left in 3 points. Bottom, has a spring. Middle, over 2 posts to the door, top is like a CLIP that holds onto the inner door area (shelves / icemaker drop chute)…
That top “clip” has come off. The base that holds it appears undamaged (to touch and visual inspection, no rough edges, etc…)
The CLIP on the flap appears fine too. It looks like it’s supposed to slip down over the attachment base, but has some how come off (ok, son slammed fridge door… I should smack him, but…)
Jim -
Are both the bottom and top clip “off” the hooks? If so, look to see if either of them are broken.
If they’re not broken (on mine, bottom one with the spring is broken…), pry the caps off the 2 screws in the middle attached to the door. This will dismount the entire assembly. Then, with some help, slide the top and bottom clips back over their hooks on the door, and re-set the screws. You’re done.
If there are parts broken… reply again. Bad news is that the parts are currently on Backorder. It took me months to figure out which parts to get, and now when i have them ordered it’s been 10 days already and they say they might be available on the 19th of dec.
Please Help!! I Am Having The Same Problem As Above With My Samsung Refrigerator French Door Flap. The Top Of The 3 Hinges Have Come Off The Groove And I Can’t For The Life Of Me Get It Back On! I Read That There Are Two “caps” That You Just Pry Off From The Middle Hinge And This Will Allow You To Slide The Entire Flap Up And Back Onto Grooves. I Can Not Locate These Two Caps. Please Help. This Is Begining To Be More Than Annoying.
Thank You!!
[quote=Asia Blue;863475]Please Help!! I Am Having The Same Problem As Above With My Samsung Refrigerator French Door Flap. The Top Of The 3 Hinges Have Come Off The Groove And I Can’t For The Life Of Me Get It Back On! I Read That There Are Two “caps” That You Just Pry Off From The Middle Hinge And This Will Allow You To Slide The Entire Flap Up And Back Onto Grooves. I Can Not Locate These Two Caps. Please Help. This Is Begining To Be More Than Annoying.
Thank You!![/quote]
The caps go into the door. move the center flap into the door open position and you’ll see them. they cover 2 screws that hold the middle hinge into the door..
Do make sure that neither the top or bottom pins are broken, or you have to disassemble the entire thing and put it back together with a new pin. Pain!
Just did this and it worked like a charm. Took me about 3 minutes to fix by myself. Then found out that my wife slammed the door yesterday and neglected to tell me…
The bottom plastic hinge broke on the flap of our french door refrigerator. Took the whole flap off the door but how do we disassemble the flap to replace the plastic hinge?
You have to pry it.
Get some thin flat head screw drivers and some thin plastic cards.. There are like 5 clips. Be careful there are wires in it for ‘defrosting’ it…
[quote=woodstock libertarian;863477]The caps go into the door. move the center flap into the door open position and you’ll see them. they cover 2 screws that hold the middle hinge into the door..
Do make sure that neither the top or bottom pins are broken, or you have to disassemble the entire thing and put it back together with a new pin. Pain![/quote]
Our top pin broke, and then because we just kept on using it, the middle bit got torqued, and it broke. Where do we get new pins? Are we going to have to disassemble the whole door to replace it?
[QUOTE=sammin;882987]The bottom plastic hinge broke on the flap of our french door refrigerator. Took the whole flap off the door but how do we disassemble the flap to replace the plastic hinge?[/QUOTE]
Please walk me through step by step on replacing bottom hinge and spring of french door refrigerator flap. I have the pieces but cannot figure out how to replace the broken plastic hinge.
My bottom plastic flap hinge (the one connecting to the spring) on my french door refrigerator is broken. I have the replacement parts but cannot figure out how to replace it. Could someone please walk me through the steps to do so? Does the entire flap nee to be removed? Any help or cautions would be greatly appreciated.
I can echo what others have mentioned in this thread… I have a Samsung french door fridge (RF217ACBP) and the top hinge broke. All it took was a quick jerk on the left door and the hinge broke in half. One must get used to opening the right side door first I guess…Still a flimsy design. I ordered in the hinge part from Samsung, which cost less than $2 + s/H.
Anyway, to replace these top and bottom hinges:
Pry off the little white button caps (about 3/8" diameter) on the middle hinge of the flap. This exposes 2 screws-- remove them.
gently pull the flap away from the door, and you will expose the wiring connection for the flap defroster. Pull apart this wiring at the disconnect, and take the entire flap to a well-lit work area.
the top and bottom hinges are held in place by a single small plastic piece, which is streamlined with the rest of the flap body. Take a really thin tool–even a dull steak knife— and carefully pry this little piece off. Note that one side of this piece has an alignment tab and the other side has the friction nub. Sort of like the piece on the back of your TV remote control battery compartment. Hopefully you’ll pry the side with the friction nub, because trying to pry from the tab side won’t work as well.
The broken hinge can now be removed and replaced. Should be self-explanatory. Slip the new hinge in place, snap the cover piece on and reinstall the flap on the fridge door.
If for some reason you need to get access to the inside of the flap, you can simply pry off the inner vinyl seal–it is held only by friction locks. Beneath that seal is a styrofoam strip. That all pops back together easily.