"Bob Urz" wrote in message ...
TURTLE wrote:
"Bob Urz" wrote in message ...
I have a twenty year old 17.5 c' whirlpool refrigerator. The door gasket
was getting torn. So, i went down to my local appliance parts house and
got a door gasket for it. Was a big pain in the ass to put on.
Now, the door does not want to close and seal like it used to.
I can tell the magnetic pull of the new gasket is not as strong as the
old one. I compared the new one to the freezer door which is original.
Is there a problem with these aftermarket door gaskets (FSP)? Has anyone
done this kind of repair and had a problem?
Bob
This is Turtle.
When you put a new door gasket on it. You probley have a different thickiness from the old one and you will have to adjust the
door
hinges to account for the thicker or thinner door gasket. This is common on refrigerators and freezers with new door gaskets.
Now if
you just keep using the door a good bit. In about a year or two you will mash the new gasket into the space set by the door to
the
point of it fitting in the old door gasket space. You can speed this process up by adjusting the door hinges to make it close
correctly now.
TURTLE
Interesting theory, but i am not sure how to apply it. On this unit with
the freezer on the top, there is a common hinge in the middle for the
freezer and the fridge door. The only adjustment possible i can see
would be to shim out the whole mount from the main body. And since i did
not replace the gasket on the freezer, this may cause it not to seal as
well.
This is the first gasket i have done, and i did learn a few things.
One: never pull it straight our of the box in its crunched up state and
put it straight on. I should have got the gasket out and let it form
out to its natural size before installing it.
I have a feeling this gasket is not a 100% duplicate of the original.
As many replacement parts are. I got this on at one of my appliance
parts houses. Whether a original Whirlpool door gasket would have bee
any different is debatable.
And to the guy who said i could save some more money on energy on a
newer unit, yes, your probably right. But when i have a good old solid
unit i hate to get rid of it.
I helped my 85 year old dad clean out his kenmore window air unit last
weekend. It had not been cleaned our in many years. Its probably 30
years old +. (has a mashu****a compressor in it). Its beat up, but still
cools fine. I wonder if those new china made units would make it 3
years? They look like junk to me. And turtle, there was a big muffler
or accumulator on this one.
Bob
This is Turtle.
It will help to put the door gasket in a tub of hot water before puting it on the door.
Now the middle hing being common to both door. You just have to work with it and you can adjust it out.
Now the compressor having a Muffler on it. If you look ,it is on the suction line, and not on the discharge line. Most all Rotory
Compressor will have a Muffler on the Suction line [ not the discharge line ] entering the compressor for some reason. Mufflers on
the discharge line is not very common but on the suction line of the rotory compressor it is very common.
TURTLE
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