How To Repair The Door Prings On A Bosch 30 Inch Double Oven

Update 4/11/xiii

Wow, it's been 3 and a one-half years and I'k still getting comments on this! I thought the latest 1 was worth calling out because it seems that Bosch has, finally, recognized this every bit a design flaw and come up with a solution. Anonymous says:

Bosch has a permanent prepare for this problem and will cover the cost of the part. They will simply comprehend the toll if information technology is installed by i the Bosch Authorized Repair services. I was able to accept the door in to the repair shop for a flat cost of $50 for them to install the kit.

Step 1: Phone call around to a Bosch authorized repair middle till yous find i who will do information technology for a flat fee.

Footstep 2: Call Bosch and tell them you have been having the door problem since you bought it and want fixing kit that was designed to right the manufacturing flaw. They will ask y'all to transport a copy of your receipt for the stove. When they concord to cover the parts simply tell them to ship the social club to the store you have an agreement with for conduct in service.

I used Jamie'due south fix years ago merely it eventually failed again. The fix kit has reinforced steel plates tack welded to the inside of the liner where the hinges attach. Yous can buy kit and do it yourself $175-$211. Or Have Bosch encompass the part and do an in dwelling.

Good data. Personally - the set I made back in '09 is still working fine for me. This solution seems fairly inconvenient and/or expensive (either yous have to accept your door to an authorized service eye, and/or pay $175+!). Only information technology's adept to know there's at to the lowest degree a real set up available if this "hack" fails eventually.

Bluntly, it's pretty crappy that Bosch won't just send you the hinge and then you lot can install it yourself for free in 10 minutes. How generous of them to agree to pay to replace their lacking role after five years of ignoring the problem.. but only if y'all pay them to install it!! So this doesn't really exercise anything to change my opinion of the lousy quality of their customer support. Just still, good to have options.

In the nearly 4 years since I posted this trouble, I've gotten over 80 comments, thousands of views, this folio is the #1 google search outcome for bosch range door and on the first folio for lots of important variants such equally bosch range issues . You know how many times someone from Bosch has tried to contact me, commented here, or even addressed this issue in any public forum?

Cipher.

It's 2009. Oh wait. At present, it's 2022. Wake up. Your potential customers read this stuff. This is bad press. It could have been good press if you responded to information technology, ever.

Original Mail 10/17/09

This is going to be one of those posts that most of you should skip, now, unless y'all happen to accept a Bosch range on which the oven door doesn't shut properly.

I have a Bosch HDI7282U 30" slide-in range which I bought new about two years ago. A few months ago the oven door stopped closing all the way, preventing a good seal. This acquired a lot of bug, not the least of which is half the oestrus goes into the kitchen instead of staying in the range. Uneven cooking and verrrry long preheats was a consequence. While the range is probably still under warranty, my online research into this problem told me that I was far from alone. At least information technology's a common plenty trouble that others had discussed information technology in a few online forums. Unfortunately there was no good resolution that I could find, and those who had dealt with Bosch's service (even nether warranty) did non get satisfaction. Tin't say I'm excited to hear about that since I ain three Bosch appliances. Merely I finally got around to trying to figure this out myself, and came upwards with a adept solution that is simple and takes about fifteen minutes.

Remove The Range Door

Outset past taking off the range door. To do this, open the door all the fashion and flip the hinge-locks toward the door all the way. The two pictures beneath show the swivel in the normal position (left), and the locked position (right) needed to remove the door. Consummate instructions are on Page 48 of the manual. Yous tin too download the whole transmission here -- I clinch you information technology is a riveting read.

Once the swivel is in the locked position, you tin can basically just elevator the door up an pull it out. The hinges take a fiddling slot on the lesser and are cantilevered against a pin on the top. So you raise it upward about 1/4" to articulate the slot, and pull it straight out.

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Beneath is a picture of my oven door with the hinge in the locked postion.

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You must tilt the door to a 45 degree angle with the hinge locked before removing it. Do non try to close the door all the way with the hinge locked. From this position, but raise the door vertically near i/4", then pull it horizontally awayfrom the oven.

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Remove the door hinges

To do this y'all need 2 torx wrenches, a T10 and a T20. There are four screws holding the inside of the door to the outside, and three screws property each hinge onto the door interior, for a total of 10 screws. Their approximate positions are circled in the photo of my door beneath. Yeah, it's pretty gross, and that'south Subsequently I cleaned it. Remove all the screws. When you accept off the two at the top, be enlightened that the handle will no longer be attached to the door.

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Afterwards all the screws are out, lift the door interior away from the exterior. The hinges are just loose now, they look like this:

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Yous're non going to do much now except put everything back together, with i small-scale aligning. I'thousand not quite sure exactly what'due south causing the change in dynamics here resulting in the door non closing - either the swivel isn't quite correct any more, or the pin inside the range itself that the swivel cantilevers against moved slightly. I saw no testify of annihilation bent on the hinge itself and then I am guessing it's the pivot. Accessing this looks like a big hassle, even if it could be adjusted, and then I went for a different solution.

To right the problem, all you demand to do is change the dynamics of the door so when the hinge is in information technology'southward "airtight" position, the door one time again is shut all the style. The simplest way to exercise this is to add some space betwixt the back of the swivel and the door at the top of the hinge. In th pic in a higher place, you may be able to make out a couple piddling washers on the counter behind the hinge. Re-attach the hinge to the door interior, but put a couple washers between the big screw and the swivel itself. I used two washers on each side similar the ones above, calculation a little less than i/viii" of infinite. This results in a significantly bigger difference at the top of the door, and was but correct to cause my door to close snugly.

Put It Dorsum Together

After you lot've re-fastened the hinges with your spacer, completely attach it using the two small screws for each. Put the door interior back over the door exterior, beingness certain to line everything up correctly. At that place are three tabs on the bottom that should become within the interior, and make sure the handle is correctly positioned before tightening the two screws at the height.

After information technology'south completely reassembled, just put it dorsum on the range, open information technology all the way, and return the swivel locks to the open postion. You're done.

iii-yr Thanksgiving update (eleven/20/2012): some early commenters wondered how long this gear up would work. I am withal working on the original fix and the door is still quite snug. Commenter #69 gives a very believable caption as to the physics at work and why this happens in the get-go place or might neglect again. Perhaps the pin can merely bend and so far in the way this is set up on the Bosch and in my situation it's reached that point. But I take non had any further trouble since I originally posted this fix.

On the other hand the thermostat is off past virtually 25 degrees at present...