Brand: Jenn Air Model Number: SVD48600P Main Symptom: New oven hinges do not fully close the oven door What happens & when: I replaced my oven hinges with new parts from AppliancePartsPros. Correct replacement parts confirmed ready. The oven door now does not fully close (about 1/4” gap at the top) and the door when opened almost falls open. It seems like possibly the springs are weak? When the oven door does close, it just barely shuts off the oven light switch, but doesnt go far enough to close the convection switch. I can push the oven door shut, but it immediately opens back up to the same 1/4”ish gap. I cannot see anything adjustable on the hinge or any other way to install/adjust the hinge. Any help would be appreciated.
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This is the correct hinge for your unit and this sounds like it would be a installation issue. The overall length of this hing will be 19.52” in length according to the manufuacturer.
I confirmed installation is correct again last evening. There is only one way to put the hinges in the door. I thought maybe there was some wiggle room in the two bolt holes, but there isn’t. After observing the door closing numerous times, I did notice that the springs are fully compressed before the door reaches the full closure point. This corresponds to the 1/4” gap I am observing. Pushing the door shut causes the spring to hit the side of the hinge assembly.
Other than the springs being an incorrect tension or length, I do not know what could possibly be wrong here. (Weak springs would explain why the door almost flops open when bumped and why it doesn’t fully pull closed.) There is no adjustment on the springs.