oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

[melec]

Am I the only one that struggles to resolve this problem ?
I am talking about when the door leaves about a 5mm gap on closing obviously allowing heat to escape and damage control knobs etc
One thing I learned long ago is that it is never the hinges nor hinge receivers
On some models I had success with ‘reforming’ the front of the oven so hinge receivers sit back more but one or two came back months later with same fault
I always tell people that they must have put excess weight on door when fully open and down stressing the frame of oven which cannot be easily rectified if metal stretched.
I have his fault regularly on various models single and double ovens
Am I missing something ?Is this a common thing and is there a trick or repair kit pls

[electrofix]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

have had various things

sometimes hinge, sometimes receiver and had a creda where the front of the cooker had bent

Dave

[melec]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

I have never fixed one with a hinge or receiver !!
My rule for ordering hinges is only do it for a sheared one that is obviously faulty
Just my experience ( costly sometimes , I have quite a few new Hinges in stock that I ordered mistakenly that they will probably bury with me !!!)

[electrofix]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

had a Neff last week where the receiver is at fault

also had a Zanussi with receiver fault but managed to take them outside and straighten them with a hammer on the flag stones

Dave

[melec]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

you deserved your money on that one Dave !!
Does n,t sound like you boys get too many of these oven door issues
I get them regular but mostly old ones where people are in a mind not to have the work done anyway
Most common makes I do are Fagor Aspes and Edesa which are from the same factory as I am sure you know . ( Now an embargoed Factory on and off )
I doubt you see many of them ??

[melec]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

Got one tomorrow as it happens (Aspes)
Always same comment from customer that they need a new door seal because door won’t close and losing heat

[pmb]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

We replaced hinge on a Bosch oven twice, 2nd time under
Gaurantee, both times it solved the problem, not closing fully
But looking at hinge I cannot see what’s causing problem

[Martin]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

pmb wrote:But looking at hinge I cannot see what’s causing problem

In that case the hinge receiver/socket also needs replacing.

[eastlmark]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

pmb wrote:We replaced hinge on a Bosch oven twice, 2nd time under
Gaurantee, both times it solved the problem, not closing fully
But looking at hinge I cannot see what’s causing problem

Its a worn “heel” on the hinge bracket that the spring loaded roller runs over (Between the bottom of the door and the hook you lift to release the door). It gets rounded off instead of being almost a point. Almost all the Bosch/ Neff and Smeg ones never need sockets. They are being made of increasingly softer metal though..

[melec]

Re: oven doors tnat will not quite close tightly

Seems like this IS a fairly common occurance giving the same consistent symptoms that 99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the time there is nothing visible or obvious
Definately though different solutions depending on the manufacturer
I am still going to use my hammer and steel punch to just force back the receiver a tadge as a first response ( just hit the visible part of the receiver through the hinge aperature twice but firmly then put door back on and see if closes )
I must admit to noticing concerned clients expessions when I am hitting their oven with a hammer but my success rate is high

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