Inner Door Glass

Inner Door Glass

Thomas from OH

Inner glass pane of Whirlpool oven door shattered

Phillips-head screwdriver, flat-head screwdriver

YouTube has several videos the outlining steps needed to unlatch the door hinges, lift and remove the door from the oven frame, locate and remove the screws securing the door components, etc. After stripping the door down (cell phone photos of the various stages of disassembly are helpful during reassembly) the generally inaccessible door parts were cleaned. Cleaning required nearly as much time as the repair. Our oven door window contained 4 separate glass panes; the inner door plate that had shattered, the outer door plate secured within the decorative door cover, and two interior glass plates. This was not a configuration shown in on-line videos. Replacing the broken pane was relatively straight-forward, it basically floated between two layers of the door assembly. One of the two interior plates was secured at both top and bottom by clips formed into the sheet metal of the door assembly. The second interior plate was secured at an angle to the first, tilted slightly within the door frame. Not at all clear why this pane was angled, or why so may glass plates were used. The door is essentially vented top-to-bottom.

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Victor from HI

Shattered inner oven window.

Screwdriver.

If you just need to replace the innermost door, make sure you disassemble the correct side. You will not need to disassemble the entire door, so you can save a lot of time by not making the same mistake I did.

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Shirley from CA

Cracked oven window glass.

Screwdriver.

The hardest part of this job is taking the door off. I ordered the wrong part the first time, so make sure you are ordering the correct part. There are four panes of glass in my oven door. Don't go by the part title as descriptions vary. Use the part number from the manufacturer. It was also a great opportunity to thoroughly clean inside the door. It is amazing how dirty the interior was. Cleaning took the most time. The repair time was less than 15 minutes.