I have a reasonably recent Kenwood floor standing cooker with a double oven
and drop-down glass fronted doors (one broken). I can't for the life of me
figure out how to remove the door. Most of the (cheaper) range cookers seem
to use exactly the same hinge. Is there a clever tool that releases the
sprung hinges, or some other technique that I am missing?

(Yes, I know I could use an angle grinder, but I'd like to repair or replace
it).

TIA!

"newshound" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a reasonably recent Kenwood floor standing cooker with a double oven
>and drop-down glass fronted doors (one broken). I can't for the life of me
>figure out how to remove the door. Most of the (cheaper) range cookers seem
>to use exactly the same hinge. Is there a clever tool that releases the
>sprung hinges, or some other technique that I am missing?
>
> (Yes, I know I could use an angle grinder, but I'd like to repair or
> replace it).
>
> TIA!
Many have a quarter turn disk thing that makes it happen.

"newshound" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a reasonably recent Kenwood floor standing cooker with a double oven
>and drop-down glass fronted doors (one broken). I can't for the life of me
>figure out how to remove the door. Most of the (cheaper) range cookers seem
>to use exactly the same hinge. Is there a clever tool that releases the
>sprung hinges, or some other technique that I am missing?
>
> (Yes, I know I could use an angle grinder, but I'd like to repair or
> replace it).
>
> TIA!

http://www.applianceaid.com/oven-hinges.html

"James Salisbury" <nntp.dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> newshound wrote:
>> I have a reasonably recent Kenwood floor standing cooker with a double
>> oven and drop-down glass fronted doors (one broken). I can't for the life
>> of me figure out how to remove the door. Most of the (cheaper) range
>> cookers seem to use exactly the same hinge. Is there a clever tool that
>> releases the sprung hinges, or some other technique that I am missing?
>>
>> (Yes, I know I could use an angle grinder, but I'd like to repair or
>> replace it).
>>
>> TIA!
>
> Hi,
> Look closely at the hinge, you will see an extra piece you can move so the
> door binds on the hinge and then you can then remove the door.

Try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSzc4...layer_embedded

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:01:47 +0100, "newshound"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a reasonably recent Kenwood floor standing cooker with a double oven
>and drop-down glass fronted doors (one broken). I can't for the life of me
>figure out how to remove the door. Most of the (cheaper) range cookers seem
>to use exactly the same hinge. Is there a clever tool that releases the
>sprung hinges, or some other technique that I am missing?
>
>(Yes, I know I could use an angle grinder, but I'd like to repair or replace
>it).
>
>TIA!

Look on each side of the oven door where the hinge lives. Is there a
little hole on each side? (By the sealing rubber)

If there is, stick a nail or anything that fits in each hole.

Then lift and pull the door foward.

> Is there a clever
> tool that releases the sprung hinges, or some other technique that I
> am missing?

Is there a little fold-up 'hinge' that catches on a little spur on the
bottom of the 'arm' of the hinge? It's possible that if there is that it
might not quite reach the spur if the internal rollers inside the oven are
worn, so it looks like it doesn't do anything useful.

Al.