How to make sure your Bushman DC-L Series upright fridge door closes properly

Check the door alignment

Please check your door alignment by opening and closing your fridge and freezer doors, and making sure they move freely without restriction, and without rubbing on the inside, bottom of the fridge cabinet.

If you need to give either the fridge or freezer door a good push, especially in the last few centimetres before closing, you will need to adjust your hinges as follows.

Fridge door

1. Loosen the upper and lower fridge door hinge bolts about half a turn, so they are still holding the fridge door in place, but so you can move the door position around by hand.
2. Twist the door slightly by lifting the open side up. You will have some wiggle room in the hinges.
3. Get the door into a position where the bottom no longer rubs, and the sides of the door are parallel with the sides of the fridge.
4. Tighten both hinge screws fully.
5. Double check that the fridge door opens and closes freely without rubbing, especially in the last few centimeters.
6. If the bottom of the door is still rubbing, and you don’t have enough play in the hinges, you can add an extra washer to the lower hinge pin. To do this, you will need to remove the lower hinge. Get someone to hold the door in place while you unscrew and remove the lower hinge. Add an extra washer to the hinge pin, refit the lower hinge, then follow steps 2 – 5 above.

Freezer door

1. If you need to adjust your freezer door, you will need to slide your fridge forward so you can access the top hinge bolts.
2. Loosen the upper and lower freezer door hinge bolts about half a turn, so they are still holding the freezer door in place, but so you can move the door position around by hand.
3. Twist the door slightly by lifting the open side up. You will have some wiggle room in the hinges.
4. Get the door into a position where the bottom no longer rubs, and the sides of the door are parallel with the sides of the fridge.
5. Tighten both hinge screws fully.
6. Double check that the freezer door opens and closes freely without rubbing, especially in the last few centimeters.
7. If the bottom of the door is still rubbing, and you don’t have enough play in the hinges, you can add an extra washer to the lower hinge pin. To do this, you will need to remove the top hinge and lift off the freezer door. Add an extra washer to the hinge pin, refit the freezer door and top hinge, then follow steps 2 – 5 above.

Reset Rubber Door Seals

Once you have set the door alignment, please follow these steps to reset the rubber door seals.

When the doors are closed, visually inspect the rubber seals to make sure they are making a 100% smooth line of contact all the way around each door. Place a bright torch inside the fridge and freezer and look for any slithers of light bleeding out. You can use a little mirror to check the bottom fridge door seal when the door is closed.

Even a small bump or gap will let air get inside the fridge and ice will build up quickly. This issue is most prominent when the door has been removed at some stage (often during installation, or when the hinges have been swapped to the LHS) or when your fridge has been used on rough roads there can be some initial movement.

Use the instructions below to reset the seals. Do one door at a time.

1. With the door closed, start from a corner, gently heat up the rubber seal with light heat from a heat gun (be careful not to overheat the rubber or it will melt). As the rubber heats up, the magnets inside will pull the seal towards the fridge cabinet. Using this method, you will be able to close a gap up to 10mm wide. Slowly work your way along the rubber from one corner, all the way around the fridge door, until it is fully sealed.
2. Leave the door closed in this position for 10 minutes for the seal to cool down in this position.