If your oven has a hinge lock and it is engaged or even half engaged you may be having trouble closing your oven now.
Oven door hinge bent.
A common problem with the oven door is that the door won t close properly hangs unevenly or won t stay closed most likely due to a damaged or bent hinge.
Push the door down to lock the hinges in place or replace the screws.
Customer reply replied 8 years ago.
In some cases the hinge can be loose.
If the hinge is totally broken or bent at some point it may prevent the door from closing and opening smoothly.
Grime or rust on the hinges.
Oven doors have two door hinges a left and right which allow the oven door to open and close smoothly and at a controlled rate.
Sometimes a hinge can simply be loose in which case you ll just want to tighten any screws that bolster it.
The door hinge or a broken glass.
Check the hinges of your oven and look for the hinge lock.
Then open the oven door.
When an oven door is in need of repairing it is usually caused by one of two things.
Chance are it got bent from the door being taken off improperly.
After spending 70 on new hinges that didn t work i found this really cheap way to fix an oven door that won t stay closed.
Then apply the lubricant to the pivoting joints of the hinges.
A broken or bent hinge can prevent an oven door from opening or closing efficiently.
First you have to turn off the oven and let it cool off.
Replace the hinges with identical new ones and hook them back into the hinge holes in the oven.
Check the door springs to see.
How to lubricate oven hinges.
If you find the lock clean and disengage it to regain control of your oven door.
The oven door hinges allow the door to open and close smoothly and at a controlled rate.
I have covered this technique many times in the doorhangers dvd visit my shopping page.
I went to place the door back into position.
If the oven door won t close properly or won t stay closed because a hinge is damaged or bent replace both door hinges using manufacturer approved replacement parts.
Ask your own appliance question.
Step 1 repairing a bent oven door that won t close if your stove has a burning hot control panel when the oven is on take a look down the edges of the door to see if it has a bend that keeps the top edge from closing tightly when the bottom part of the door is fully closed.
