It is a sad commentary on norcold and their products that they won t fix this known problem at the point of manufacture.
Norcold door hinge kit.
It was a very fast install.
Just loosen the top pin lift the fridge door off slide these hinges onto the door set the door back on the bottom pin realign the top and drop the pin back in and tighten it back down.
This reinforced hinge kit includes two hinges and washers to add extra strength to the door.
Norcold obviously knows that the door hinge is weak and a problem but instead of doing the right thing they make this kit to reinforce the the weak hinge that has a great tendency to break.
Door assy x x x x x x 4 639591 kit drip cup rear plastic x x x x x x.
The kit comes with a left and right side hinge but i used both one on top and most importantly one on bottom.
Kit top bracket hinge covers w foam tape sn 29460085 and above x x x x x x x x ns 639977 switch rocker x x ns.
The original door hinge has a history of breaking with smooth interior textured doors for the following norcold models.
And then the new door would still need to have the hinge retrofit kit.
This is a no brainer.
26 for this kit or 300 for a new door.
Norcold hinge reinforcement kit it is a quality product but it should not be necessary if norcold put a properly strong hinge on the door itself in the first place.
If your door is waffle in texture this will not work on your hinge.
Norcold 10 11 2018 parts list n7 n8 polar series n7v n7vf n7x n7xf n7lx na7lximf n7lx 3 n7lx 3f.
The reinforced hinge kit is a bracket that reinforces the hinge holding the door designed to prevent it from falling off in the future.
Ac dc refrigerators faq.
Gas absorption refrigerators faq.
So you get two metal hinges in this kit and they are are super easy to install.