I just took delivery of our new LG dryer. This is model DLG1502.
It's the gas version of the electric model,
which is DLE1501. It's replacing our old Whirlpool
from 1970-1980, which lasted a long time. I haven't had this hooked up yet because I
have a plumber coming tomorrow. It's the gas version and I need a plumber to deal
with the gas. In my haste to take delivery, I forgot to ask the delivery
guys to reverse the door... and our washing machine is over there. So, I'm going to show
you how to reverse the door since I couldn't find a video on LG's website
specific to this particular model.
The tools I'm going to use today are
a flathead screwdriver and Phillips head screwdriver.
In case the screws get sticky, I've got my impact wrench.
To put the screws back in I'm going to use an adjustable drill so I can adjust the torque.
I've got something to put screws in.
I've got a nice soft surface to place the door on.
And I've got a stepping stool to prop the door up when I remove it.
LG recommends two people for this.
They say sometimes the doors are heavy, but we're not talking about a glass door here.
This is metal... It's light.
I should be able to do this without doing any damage.
Let's get started.
This is the left hand side of the dryer.
Step one is to remove these two tabs here.
I was able to get them out with my hands like this,
but you can use a flathead screwdriver to pry them off gently because you
you don't want to scratch the dryer.
This is the right-hand side of the dryer.
We have to remove this screw, this screw,
this screw, and this screw. I've used the stepping stool and some towels to
create a nice soft spot for it. I've got something to place my screws in.
I was able to start these screws with a screwdriver,
but I'm going to use the impact wrench to get them out quickly.
I'm left-handed so I've got to come from this this angle.
Set this aside some where soft.
Now I have the door on a nice soft
surface and this is where I want to read the instructions
because somebody needs to learn to count.
It says, "With the door on a protected surface, remove
the 12 screws on each side of the door
and lift the inner door frame using a flat blade screwdriver."
12 screws on each side?
I see four there. I see four there.
That's a total of eight.
I don't know where they got 12 from. And if I add the latch, that's nine.
Anyway, the objective here is to move these hinges to this side.
We'll obviously need to remove these blanks with a flathead screwdriver
and then switch the latches.
This is why I do these videos
because sometimes you have to see it to understand it.
Let's start removing screws.
Now that I've got these eight screws per side out (that's the total of 16
screws), I'm going to grab it by the latch and the inner door will lift right off.
Here's a close-up of the hinges.
We're going to remove these two screws, we're going to flip
that over here, and we're going to put this blank over there.
Now we'll do the same thing on the top.
To swap the latches, we're going to remove this screw, and this screw.
There's also another screw on the end of each of these.
You can see them close up.
There's a screw here and a screw here.
Those will need to come out on both sides...
here and here so we can swap the latches.
I'm going to try to use the drill right-handed.
We'll take this latch,
flip it over here.
And the screw that goes out here is square.
The screw that goes in here is a self-tapping screw.
To make sure that the hinge goes on
straight, I'm going to get both screws started.
This is the self-tapping screw.
You can see it's pointy on the end.
Once I've got both started, then I can tighten them.
The self-tapping screw goes on top
and the longer screw goes on the side.
Now that we've got the hinges swapped, we'll reassemble the door.
Snap that in.
And put in our 16 screws.
I'll do that off camera and then we'll move on to the next step.
Before I mount the door,
strangely enough, the instructions don't say anything about swapping this on the machine,
which you have to do.
So take your flat-head screwdriver and pop that off.
I've already loosen these screws and we'll move the latch catch to this side.
All right!
There we go !
I've got my stepping stool here.
I'm going to use that to hold the door in place.
I'll get the screws.
There's a little notch in the hinge that fits onto the machine.
I'll just get that started.
Pop back in our plugs.
Now we want to make sure the door closes properly.
Beautiful! I hope this video has been helpful. If it has, please do me a favor
and like it so other people can find it. And thanks so much for watching!