Frigidaire FFHT2022AW Freezer Door Handle Replacement
ID: 170621
Description: This is a replacement guide for a Frigidaire...
Steps:
- Remove the screws keeping the handle in place on the bottom face of the freezer door with a Phillips head screwdriver.
- Remove any broken pieces of the original freezer handle.
- Pushing up on any components attached to the handle mount connected to the bottom of the handle should remove anything still connected to the freezer.
- Use caution when handling broken components.
- Tighten the handle mount at the top of the freezer in place if it is at all loose.
- A bent mount may not allow the replacement handle to fully attach to the door. Replace this mount if it is missing or damaged.
- If the securing mounts at the top or bottom of the freezer handle are damaged, they will need to be removed.
- Unscrew the old mount by twisting counterclockwise with a Phillips head screwdriver.
- This model has replacement screws available for purchase.
- Screw in a new mount by twisting clockwise with a Phillips head screwdriver.
- The handle mount needs space to properly attach to the handle. Leave some space between the flat part of the mount and the face of the freezer door.
- Secure a replacement handle in place by locking the mount in the top of the handle.
- The mount should slide into a plastic guide on the top of the handle on the side that faces the freezer door.
- Align the two screw holes at the bottom of the replacement handle with the screw holes of the freezer door.
- Secure the handle in place with two screws using a Phillips head screwdriver.