Main Oven Door Hinge Stock Number: ES970290
Genuine spare part suitable for select models of Smeg ovens
Manufactured by Smeg
(This part fits select models)
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Main Oven Door Hinge
If you have come to use your oven, only to find that the door is not securely positioned, it could be time to replace the hinges. Over time hinges become less effective, and this will impact on how smooth the action of opening and closing the door is for you. eSpares has this replacement hinge that could soon give back the freedom of movement to your oven door again.
Genuine spare part suitable for select models of Smeg ovens.
Please check the list of suitable models to ensure that this spare part will fit your appliance.
Please note: The video attached is a general guide and uses a slightly different locking method. We believe with this type of hinge when open you pass a 'pin' through the hole on the arm near the fulcrum on both hinges. This should hold the hinge locked open allowing you to disengage from the case as you slowly lift the door toward closed.
2 Questions and 10 Answers
The absence of a relevant video on your site in order to assist oven door removal/replacement for this specific type of hinge must also indirectly limit your sales of related parts (hinge receivers, door seals, etc.) all of which first require the removal of the oven door. It would be very helpful for you to address this gap with the production of another short video. Will another video be available shortly?
- Agree totally with Tariq, these hinges are a nightmare although two of us managed it a few years back and as your other respondees I cannot find any help. Christmas just around the corner and no oven. As I understand it, the hinge has to be in the ‘wide open’ position so it will fit into the slot in the oven structure so it locks in position. Very difficult to explain in the words I can summon at this time of night. If any help out there PLEASE let me know, thanks!
- That video shows a different hinge. The A1 have the one where a pin has to be inserted to allow removal and refitting of doors. This is easier said than done. I am having trouble refitting as the hinges are very difficult to move to the open position as there are two holes in the hinges and therefore two possible postions to lock the hinge. I have tried both and cannot get the hinges to lock into the the hinge cavities in the oven. I have searched youtube for help but the few vids that show this hinge just explain a pin needs to be insertred ...etc but don't show the hinges up close and don't show which of the holes the pin needs to be inserted in. I cannot fit my door back to the oven.
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Chris at eSpares says...
To open a closed hinge fit it to the door and lever open. if you cannot then fit a metal pipe over the arm to increase leverage as you move it to the open position until you lock it in place.
- How do you open the new hinge? The video is for a different hinge type. I can't get the hinge to an open IE flatter position
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Chris at eSpares says...
We do not have access to this oven but think that there is a hole in the 'bracket that attaches to the cavity. If this is the case when the door is in the open position fit a small nail or drill through these hole's and as you start to lift the pin prevents the lever returning to the closed position. as you continue to close it should then loosen and unhook the door from the cooker. To refit lock the lever in the 'open position' with the nails and then offer the door to engage onto the cooker. Lower and remove the nails when fitted and close the door.
- Mathew (staff)does not understand the comment from his customer - his video does not help to fit the hinges on the A1 style smeg oven - the hinges are very different and very difficult!! I would appreciate a video as well - at the moment we are unable to 'prime' the new hinges into the correct position for fitting.
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Mathew at eSpares says...
Take a look at our Smeg cooker hinge change video. May help!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWke_-OPOlU
There are no clear instructions to fit these hinges, I have had to oven repair men that have been unable to fit the door on!
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Chris at eSpares says...
Re 'Tim's'Comment: We are sorry that we have not done a video on Smeg hinges but do not have access to an oven to create a video. The video attached may be a little help when carrying out this repair.
- It is difficult! You need to get the hinges in the locked position before you can fir the door back onto the over. Some of the previous users have sought to answer this question. Leveraging with a large piece of wood seems to be the favourite. The video that eSpares keep sharing is of no use as it is for an entirely different sort of door hinge and it is incredibly unhelpful of them to keep directing people towards this.
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Chris at eSpares says...
We think there is a hole in the bracket sides that when opened can take a nail or small pin to lock the hinge open and allow it to be easily unhooked to remove and refit.
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