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Thread Number: 96913
/ Tag: Refrigerators
sagging door on a 1953 GE combo fridge |
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Post# 1217016 , Reply# 1 10/19/2024 at 18:44 by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1217021 , Reply# 2 10/19/2024 at 19:59 by djole78 (South Orange, NJ) | ||
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tried using shims and there is just a bit of space. it didn’t help much, if at all… | ||
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Post# 1217035 , Reply# 3 10/19/2024 at 22:56 by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Have you tried shims behind the hinges themselves? I recall reading about a GE from this period that had a door problem which was corrected in that manner. The owner of the fridge had removed the door and didn't use the factory paper shims when reinstalling it. She had kept the shims, so she retraced her steps and put them behind the hinges, which solved the problem. You probably only need to shim behind the bottom hinge where it attaches to the door. If I remember correctly, it doesn't take much. | ||
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Post# 1217049 , Reply# 4 10/20/2024 at 06:35 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Adjusting door hinges 1953 GE refrigerator
Hi, does this refrigerator have hinge pins under the doors or does it have hinges mounted on the right side of the cabinet? Pictures would really help.
If it has the older type, hinges mounted on the right side of the cabinet as Ralph suggested it needs some shimming, of course it would shim the top hinge on the refrigerator door, newer style refrigerators, where you have a common hinge for the bottom of the freezer door in the top of the refrigerator door you would need to move the hinge assembly to the right to correct this type of problem. John | ||
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Post# 1217065 , Reply# 7 10/20/2024 at 10:02 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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| Post# 1217089 , Reply# 8 10/20/2024 at 14:47 by djole78 (South Orange, NJ) | ||
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the box is still in proper shape, and the top door also fits perfectly. am totally out of ideas myself haha… | ||
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Post# 1217099 , Reply# 9 10/20/2024 at 17:42 by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1217100 , Reply# 10 10/20/2024 at 17:53 by djole78 (South Orange, NJ) | ||
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thanks for that suggestion, but that’s not gonna be possible as i don’t have anything to place the fridge on (the coils, compressor, etc., are on the back). | ||
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Post# 1217108 , Reply# 11 10/20/2024 at 19:29 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Post# 1217116 , Reply# 12 10/20/2024 at 21:35 by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 1217164 , Reply# 13 10/21/2024 at 18:05 by djole78 (South Orange, NJ) | ||
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i have tried a washer as well as only adjusting the top hinge. | ||
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