Kitchen Aid Refrigerator Freezer Drawer Hard to Open
Kitchen Aid Refrigerator Freezer Drawer Hard to Open or Close
Problem:Kitchen Aid Refrigerator freezer drawer seems to bind when halfway open or closed.
Cause: This may be due to the slide width being narrower than the basket width.
Correction: Use the tolerance in the slide bracket and drawer holes to aid in relaxing the bind.
- Shut Off the Refrigerator.
- Remove the basket/door assembly from the refrigerator via the four 5/16” screws,
- Cycle the slides individually to confirm that the slide itself has not failed.
- Proceed to loosen the four 3/8” bolts attaching the slide bracket to the cabinet on each side.
- Push and hold each slide towards the wall and retighten the bolts.
- When reinstalling the basket/door assembly to the slides get all 4 5/16” screws started, then as tightening them down lift up on the basket .
- Turn on the refrigerator
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