lenp Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Not sure that is the correct name for the flap on the left door but..... Arrived here at Crystal Beach, TX this afternoon and discovered the flap no longer "flaps" into the correct position to guide it into it's receiver channel when closed. The spring and half of the little plastic piece it connects to was laying on the bottom of the frig. very easy to manually hold the flap in position and get the door closed but need to get it fixed! Have ordered a new part but not sure how to replace it. Anybody ever replaced one of these? I am sure I can figure it out when the part arrives but any guidance appreciated. Thanks, Lenp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed ke6bnl Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 when my boy had to return a bad phone I took the back off and there is from memory just one screw that attaches it and it takes less then 5 min. to install. I kept the door for my phone in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirakawa Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 when my boy had to return a bad phone I took the back off and there is from memory just one screw that attaches it and it takes less then 5 min. to install. I kept the door for my phone in the future. How did you know he was talking about a phone? I thought this was about a television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulltimer51 Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 If you READ the post you can see that he is talking about his fridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docj Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 How did you know he was talking about a phone? I thought this was about a television. You're both way off base. A Samsung RF197 is a residential refrigerator that was very popular for RV retrofits. We own one, but I don't know the answer to the OP's question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc tom Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 On our Samsung Refrigerator the left door needed to be lifted so the tab on the top of the door will fit into the slot. There were 2 clips that were included when we purchased the refrigerator. I installed both clips on the left door, this lifted the door enough to close the flap. Also there is an adjustment with an allen wrench that lifts the door slightly. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirakawa Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 If you READ the post you can see that he is talking about his fridge. Of course, but only if you know what an RF197 is, which I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulltimer51 Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Not sure that is the correct name for the flap on the left door but..... Arrived here at Crystal Beach, TX this afternoon and discovered the flap no longer "flaps" into the correct position to guide it into it's receiver channel when closed. The spring and half of the little plastic piece it connects to was laying on the bottom of the frig. very easy to manually hold the flap in position and get the door closed but need to get it fixed! Have ordered a new part but not sure how to replace it. Anybody ever replaced one of these? I am sure I can figure it out when the part arrives but any guidance appreciated. Thanks, Lenp A frig is a refrigerator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenp Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Sorry to cause any confusion. YES, it is a residential refrigerator. Parts should be here early next week. Will post how hard/easy it is to install. Lenp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenp Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Parts arrived today - pretty simple replacement process. If interested I posted a short description with photos on my web page at: http://rvroamin.com/SamsungRF197/SamsungRF197HingeReplacement.html I now believe the problem was probably a soda can that fell from a shelf above and hit the protruding portion of the hinge (see first photo). I will have to get some sort of a fence for each of the shelves to prevent it from happening again. Lenp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulltimer51 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I heard that spring loaded curtain rods work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missourijan Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 X2 on what Fulltimer51 said. I have the Samsung rf18 and use the spring loaded curtain rod to keep things in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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