How To Fix Broken Microwave Door Hinge

Step 4 tighten the exposed hinge screws with your screwdriver.

How to fix broken microwave door hinge.

Lift the door up and out of the holes and place it on your work surface. Pop the hinge covers if there are any off the door hinges where the door meets the microwave. This video shows the process to reset the oven door hinge should it become sprung in the removal process. Do this with the tip of a small flat head screwdriver.

Microwaves while safe emit a significant radiation that is controlled in part by a carefully designed door interlock system. The door and the hinges should stay firmly in place. Then pop the microwave door back into place and swing it to make sure there s no longer any sagging. If it is compromised there is a risk of radiation leakage.

Hi friends today in this video i will show you how to repair replace broken door glass microwave oven. Some models of microwaves may also have a trim. Using a flathead screwdriver carefully pry off the plastic cover that is on the inside of the microwave door. You ll see that they consist simply of two pins in the door which drop into corresponding holes on the frame of the microwave.

You don t fix microwave doors you send it back for them to fix or you replace the entire unit. Carefully work around the edge of the glass until the plastic cover is loose and lifts off. The easiest way to tighten the hinge is to use a pop rivet gun and insert a rivet in the hole above the hinge. This will hold the hinge in place so you can no longer wiggle it and it can better hold the weight.

Look at the hinges of the door now that they re exposed. Remove door a pop new rivet in.