Oven door fallen off!
Discussion
Door on our aeg oven has just landed at my feet.
It opens from the side, rather than the top, and looks like the locating pivot pin at top has just decided to drop down so no longer locating in the bracket.
How to fix this easily? There's not a lot of room around it and doesn't seem possible to dismantle this any further...
No welder here (and it's pretty close the the front glass, too)
How it should look..
Dropped down
Never used JBWeld - could that work?
It opens from the side, rather than the top, and looks like the locating pivot pin at top has just decided to drop down so no longer locating in the bracket.
How to fix this easily? There's not a lot of room around it and doesn't seem possible to dismantle this any further...
No welder here (and it's pretty close the the front glass, too)
How it should look..
Dropped down
Never used JBWeld - could that work?
hidetheelephants said:
Judging by the last photo that would work, bash the thread up a bit so the nut doesn't unwind with opening and closing the door.
Possibly. Would need to bend the bracket up a lot to get the bolt in, as there's no clearance underneath.Actualy, there's probably no need for a nut: once a bolt's in there and the bracket bent back into place, there's nowhere for it to come out.
It'll be reet.Is it on here? - https://shop.aeg.co.uk/cooking/cookers-ovens-hobs/...
It looks like that has got worn out by dragging in the hinge unlubricated, and what failed is that it wore off the top retaining flange so it just dropped out.
I'd probably look to see if I could find a stainless rivet the right size instead of using a bolt and just drop it in loose, or maybe use a bit of rod and bash the end a bit to flare it out - it started out as a solid rivet/formed rod so those will do as a fix too.
Rivet should be an easy one to find, then just trim it down to length?
I'd probably look to see if I could find a stainless rivet the right size instead of using a bolt and just drop it in loose, or maybe use a bit of rod and bash the end a bit to flare it out - it started out as a solid rivet/formed rod so those will do as a fix too.
Rivet should be an easy one to find, then just trim it down to length?
Edited by JoshSm on Sunday 25th October 17:22
I had this with my AEG oven, it failed within the first year, was replaced under warranty, this failed again during the second year. The final replacement had a much stronger hinge mechanism.
If its no longer under warranty it might be worth seeking out a new door with the updated hinge.
If its no longer under warranty it might be worth seeking out a new door with the updated hinge.
Edited by .:ian:. on Monday 26th October 08:07
ok at least it lasted longer than mine did!It's a rivet. The 'improved' version is a fatter, non inset head on the rivet.
Grind or cut the old one down a bit, pop the stub out the bottom, measure the hole, order a small bag of rivets, trim one down to length, drop it in.
Think of all that time you'll save on discussing a new kitchen with your other half...
Grind or cut the old one down a bit, pop the stub out the bottom, measure the hole, order a small bag of rivets, trim one down to length, drop it in.
Think of all that time you'll save on discussing a new kitchen with your other half...
silentbrown said:
Only option is to buy an entire new door - £150, and I'm not sure it's really available...
In the meantime, properly bodged!
In the meantime, properly bodged!
Somewhat tidier
Not enough space below to chew the threads, so a spot of threadlocker instead. Gravity will hold the bolt anyway if the nut falls off.
Case closed, m'lud.
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