Re: How to tighten the freezer door maytag mff2258keb
Look for a couple plates somewhere around the top and bottom of the door hinges. These can be pried off with a screwdriver. The bolts or screws will be under them.
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I have had a few of these, and others of the same ilk.
Your problem should be air leakage into the machine.
Take a thicker piece of paper, not cardboard, and try to slide it around the gasket where the door gasket contacts the front of the freezer.
The gasket should be firm enough to prevent the paper from sliding. Wherever you can move the paper, you could have a air leak.
Most of these have no adjustment in the latch to tighten the door. Sometimes a new gasket will solve the problem, sometime a new door will.
P.S. Twice I have tied a new freezer to a refrigerator dolly to move it and have accidentally warped the door, and they cannot be straightened. :-(
God bless your efforts.
This sounds like an alignment problem. Loosen the hinges slightly and place the door in the closed position and duck tape it in place. Tighten the hinges and check it for seal. Door is heavy by itself so empty it first and work with some help.
If you notice one side of your Maytag
side-by-side refrigerator is significantly higher than the other, you
might want to raise or lower one of the doors. The refrigerator door is
configured at the factory to be slightly higher than the freezer door.
The weight of items on the door shelves sometimes cause the doors to sag
slightly inward. Making a small adjustment to the freezer door leveling
screws will correct minor amounts of sagging. Things You'll Need3/8-inch hex head screwdriver
1 Position the refrigerator in the place you plan to keep it,
and make sure the refrigerator is level front to back and side to side
with a spirit level.
2
Remove the base grille, located below the doors, by pulling
from the sides. The leveling screws will be visible when the grille is
removed.
It took me a while but I finally figured it out. You need a special screw driver bit. The bit is a T10 -- it's star shaped but that is the size you need. There is a place to access this under the handles -- works great!
the handle is install and removed with a plastic like credit card . slide it in the edge to release and when removed you can see the screw to tighten . . mm
Check to make sure there is a nylon washer between the bottom of the doors and the hinge. Also, the hinge mounting screws generally can be loosened, the door shifted a bit, then re-tighten the screws to adjust the fit of the door.
I have this exact problem...was there a solution? Frost is causing bottom freezer door not to work, when I remove the frost, the light comes on. The gasket looks fine. Any Ideas?
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