THIMBLE LOWER

"Removed door and replaced hinge"

"Lay the unit on its back enough so you can undo the screw at base then remove all worn parts, refit with new, refit screw."

"Under this scenario there was not only contents loss but destruction of internal fridge door shelving. the freezer door suffered impact damage to the hips skin and the bottom hinge arrangement for housing the lower bearing thimble was disrupted. repairs involved sikaflex resealing of hips skin bending sheet metal freezer door skin back to the 90 deg alignment and fitting new thimble to upper freezer door hinge position. this failure of the centre hinge raises serious concerns regarding injury to small children in the immediate vicinity. the cast metal design is inadequate in the cross section carrying the bending moment caused by an upper fridgelower freezer configuration. a re-design using a material of greater yield strength or an increase in cross section of the hinge pin cantilevered area would do the job."

"Remove door replace damaged thimble in base of door and reassemble"

"I am stilling waiting for these items to be delivered. these items were picked up by the carrier on 21 sept but have not yet arrived in alice springs"

"Explanations and how to fit part was an advantage - removal of both doors to do the job was also a great benifit to me"

"Remove door. remove old thimble cam assy... replace new cam...put door back on"

"Unscrew hinge and fit then rescrew"

"Fitted by refrigeration mechanic in 30 min. could have done it myself but probably would have taken all day"

"Empty everything out of door. remove top hinge 3 bolts under plastic cover. lift dor off bottom hinge. undo screw holding on bottom thimble cam assembly and install new one. reinstall door."