Hi, I'm mat from eSpares.
In this video I'll show you how to replace a door hinge
on a Hotpoint washing machine.
If you're having trouble opening or closing your door and you can
see that the hinge is broken and you're going to need to
replace it.
Safety first always disconnect an appliance before carrying out any work.
The next thing you need to do is to remove the door
from the washing machine.
To remove the door I just need to take off the four
nuts that hold it in place, using a nut spinner.
Just need to put the door down on a flat surface, so
I put a carpet tile on top of the washing machine.
To access the hinges I need to separate both parts of the
door and take the glass out aswell.
The first thing I need to do to be able to do that is to
remove the six screws that hold the pieces together.
Now with all the screws removed, to separate the two plastic pieces
of the door, I need to use an array of flat headed screwdriver's.
Now you could use butter knives or a non serrated knife in
order to separate the two parts.
How we do that there's a little groove in the plastic here,
so I just need to put my first screwdriver in and just lift it
up, and then what I can do is work another
one around just to separate the two pieces of the plastic.
Now when doing this do be very careful, as you don't want to break
pieces of plastic.
Now what I'm going to do is just gently turn it upside down and
then I can remove the outer door from the handle and the glass.
I'm just going to take the glass out as well
and here we have two hinges.
To take the hinge off we just have to move it past this groove here
by pushing it along, bend it back so it passes through
it and then just push one side to free it, and then lift it out.
To put the new hinge in just reverse the process.
So push it in, slot it back until it is in place and then you can
bend it through the groove until it's in position.
With a hinge now in place, I can put the two pieces
of the door and the glass back together.
Now the glass only goes in one way, we have this
nodule on the door and we have a corresponding mark
on the glass as well.
So we have to tuck that under the handle and then position
it in place, and then we can
place the outer door on.
Making sure that the handle goes through the little gap.
Now this is quite a fiddly job, so if you've got an extra pair
of hands around it's a good idea to utilise them.
But, you should be able to do it on your own.
Once it's all in place you can then pop the two pieces of
plastic into position.
Before screwing it together.
With the door now screwed tightly together I can refit it
to the washing machine.
Once the door is screwed into place, just open and
close a couple of times, just to make sure that everything is settled and
that the door closes properly.
So there we have it one new door hinge fitted to this
Hotpoint washing machine.
Remember spares and accessories for all the appliances around your home
can be found on the eSpares website.
Thanks for watching.