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Are my Frigidaire door bins installed wrong? (Pics in description) (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Paradachshund@lemmy.today to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

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My house came with a Frigidaire scratch and dent fridge. I don't know the model but it seems to be the professional line and from my research it seems closest to this one but probably an older model because mine doesn't have a water dispenser.

Anyway, I'm trying to remove one of the door bins because it has a big crack in it I want to glue. I can't get it off though. Everything I've found seems to imply you can simply lift it up, but looking at mine whoever installed this seems to have put them inside a different part of the bin than I'm seeing in tutorial videos. The tab seems totally stuck inside and I can't figure out how to remove it.

Am I boned on getting this out, or does someone know a trick? I'm afraid to pry it away from the side too hard because of the cracked section on one side.

Closeup of tab inside part of the bin. Tutorials seem to imply the part below that is where the tab is supposed to go (with that little roundy part going over and behind the tab).

Bin more zoomed out

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Can you pull both these on both sides toward the center of the drawer and lift it up?

An alternative solution is to just glue the crack where it sits and leave it be. I assume CA glue will still dry in the fridge and they make an activator spray to make it work faster IIRC. Not sure what is to be gained by removing, gluing, and reinstalling it.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried it but I think the back of the part that the tab is in goes too far towards the sides. It seems pretty impossible to remove without breaking it.

I think I'm going to have to glue it in place. I was hoping to get it out because I didn't want to get glue on the side of fridge where the crack touches. It's pretty flush to the side right now. It's also going to be tough to keep the crack compressed while the glue dries without just holding it in place with the fridge wide open. If you have any suggestions for that let me know. I'm pretty new to this kind of stuff.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

You could try stacking or leaning something heavy along the top edge or wedging it up from the bottom to help close the gap.

[–] pairwise@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone jammed the drawer from the other door into that door. They ALMOST fit, but are different, thus the crack.

I just got a new fridge and tried to reuse some of the drawers from the old one.

They only fit on one side.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Oh wow that sounds like it might explain things then. It's a long story but there's a lot of partially finished but kinda botched stuff in this house so I guess add this to the list

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

The model number should be printed on a sticker inside the door, somewhere.

Sorry, can’t help with that specific model but I came here to express my rage and frustration at appliance manufacturers who use a totally inappropriate plastic for door bins.

Also, cyanoacrylate seems to work pretty well. Doesn’t solve the underlying problem. Remember when fridges had metal? I do.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you get your fingers between the clear plastic and the door and bend it enough to make it unhook?

Just a guess, I dont have one of these fridges.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just tried that and it doesn't seem like it. It's hard to see in the picture but there's plastic on the back of the part going around the tab, and it goes so far towards the side I'm not actually sure if bending it would work. I think it might break before it bent enough. 🫤

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I just assumed that it might have been designed to been to release the tabs. Guess not. I wonder how they got them on in the first place 🤷

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 points 23 hours ago

So that's the craziest part. I actually think it would easily slide in, and then lock. See the way the space is weirdly perfect for it?