DOOR HINGE REVERSAL KIT INSTRUCTIONS Your Bosch clothes dryer leaves our factory with its door hinged on the right side. With the Door Hinge Reversal kit you can place the hinge on the left side if doing so will make using your clothes dryer more convenient. 4) Remove the hinge coverplate as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 8) Set the two screws aside. 9) Remove the striker coverplate/latch assembly from the dryer door. 10) Remove the latch from the striker coverplate as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 1. Materials Needed · T20 Torx screwdsriver · Small flat-head screwdriver 2. Materials Supplied · Hinge (left side version) · Spacer Nuts (2) · Striker Coverplate (right side version) · Hinge Coverplate (left side version) · Latch Retainer · Bottom Hinge Hole Cover (1) ·Top Hinge Hole Cover · Instructions NOTE: The door weighs about 8 lbs. 5) Grasp the dryer door, lift it slightly, and remove it from its hinge as shown in Figure 3. 3. Procedure NOTE: Throughout these instructions, the phrases "right side" and "left side" refer to the dryer and dryer door as seen when you are facing the front of the dryer with the dryer door shut. Figure 3 A. Remove and Prepare the Dryer Door 1) Open the dryer door as far as it will open. 2) Remove the four screws that secure the hinge coverplate as shown in Figure 1. 11) Take the supplied right-side version striker coverplate and insert the latch into it as shown in Figure 6. Figure 6 Figure 1 6) Set the dryer door on a work surface. 7) Remove the two screws that secure the striker coverplate to the dryer door's left side as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4 3) Set the four screws aside. 1 12) Place the right-side version striker coverplate/latch assembly on the dryer door's right side as shown in Figure 7. 3) Lift the hinge and remove it from the dryer's right side as shown in Figure 10. Figure 10 Figure 7 7) Use a small flat head screwdriver to pry the bottom hinge hole cover from the dryer's left side. Lift the bottom hinge hole cover slightly, and remove it as shown in Figure 12. Figure 12 13) Retrieve the two striker coverplate screws and use them to secure the rightside version striker coverplate/latch assembly to the dryer door's right side as shown in Figure 8. Figure 8 4) Set the hinge aside. 5) Use a small flat head screwdriver to pry and remove the two spacer nuts from the dryer's right side as shown in Figure 11. Figure 11 B. Prepare the Dryer 1) Remove the two screws that secure the hinge to the dryer's right side as shown in Figure 9. Figure 9 7) Set the bottom hinge hole cover aside. 6) Set the spacer nuts aside. 2) Set the two screws aside. 2 9) Use a small flat head screwdriver to pry the top hinge hole cover from the dryer's left side. Lift the top hinge hole cover slightly, and remove it as shown in Figure 13. 11) Take the supplied bottom hinge hole cover, position it on the dryer's right side as shown in Figure 15, and press it into place. Figure 15 Figure 13 NOTE: Considerable pressure is required to insert the spacer nuts. 13) Take the two supplied spacer nuts, position them on the dryer's left side as shown in Figure 17, and press them into place. Figure 17 12) Take the supplied latch retainer, positon it on the dryer's right side as shown in Figure 16, and press it into position. Figure 16 10) Take the supplied top hinge hole cover, position it on the dryer's right side as shown in Figure 14, and press it into place. 14) Take the supplied left-side version hinge and position it on the dryer's left side as shown in Figure 18. Make certain that the two holes on the hinge line up with the two spacer nut holes. Figure 14 Figure 18 3 15) Retrieve the two screws from the right-side version hinge, and use them to secure the left-side version hinge to the dryer's left side as shown in Figure 19. 2) Take the supplied left-side version hinge coverplate and position it as shown in Figure 21. 5) On the top edge of the dryer door, there are two signal strips, one red and one white, embedded in the dryer door as shown in Figure 23. Figure 19 Figure 21 Figure 23 The red strip signals the side of the dryer door that opens. 6) On the underside of the dryer door edge are two square holes as shown in Figure 24. C. Install the Dryer Door 1) Retrieve the dryer door, position it over the hinge as shown in Figure 20, and drop it into place. 3) Retrieve the four screws from the right-side hinge coverplate, and use them to secure the left-side hinge coverplate as shown in Figure 22. Figure 24 Figure 22 Figure 20 7) Insert a small flat head screwdriver into the holes to lift and remove the signal strips as shown in Figure 25. Figure 25 4) Swing the dryer door several times through its range of motion to check for smooth operation. 4 8) Change the positions of the signal strips so that the red signal strip is on dryer door's right side and the white signal strip is on the dryer door's left side as shown in Figure 26. Figure 26 5 ...