The door spring came off and the door won't close. I want to know how to fix it. Seems simple enough.
The door of the Hamilton Beach Model 03008 or similar toaster oven does not stay closed when the door return spring or the hook it connects to breaks. The repair is very simple and takes just a few minutes!
The door spring is about 1 inch long and connects to a small clip on the inside of the left side panel of the unit. To see the small clip and the door spring, you simply remove the left side panel of the toaster oven which is done by removing just one screw.
The mounting clip on the side panel for the door return spring is located about half way up the side panel near its front edge.
The other end of the spring (its bottom end) connects to a metal hook. If the spring is not connected on its bottom end then the wire hook is broken. This is a simple repair that only requires a few inches of metal wire.
The other end of the metal hook (its bottom end) is connected to the bottom of the door hinge where it inserts into a small hole in the left side mounting hinge of the door.
When the steel hook breaks on either end then the spring cannot function, so the door does not stay closed.
To fix this problem, you simply get a piece of steel wire that is about 1/16 inch thick and a few inches long.
Bend the wire to make a hook at one end that the spring will connect to.
Then insert the other end of the wire into the small hole on the left side mounting hinge of the door. Then bend the wire on the inside of the hole to make a U or hook so the wire stays mounted in the hole of the door hinge.
Then adjust the position of the bend on the other end of the metal wire so the spring will have good tension when it is attached to the hook and to the clip on the side panel.
To do this you make the U shaped bend on this end of the wire to be about 1/2 inch from the end of the open end of the spring when the top end of the spring is attached to the mounting clip on the side panel.
To attach the spring to the wire hook, first remove the spring from the mounting clip. Then hook the spring onto the hook (bend) you made at the top end of the wire, then just stretch the spring to connect it to the mounting clip. The door will now stay closed.
image1.png
×
SOURCE: my hamilton beach mod 31197S
See my ongoing post here:
http://www.fixya.com/support/t8640984-fix_fan_in_hamilton_beach_31197c
Not an easy repair, but possible. Depends on whether only the bearings are seized or you have a shot winding. HB will not sell any mechanical/electrical parts and if they did, the price would probably be more than a new oven.
SOURCE: need manuel and cook book for hamilton beach toaster oven/convect
I tried to locate the manual with google, but unfortunately had no success. You could ask some specialized manual search engines, like here or here. The services are not for free, but most times worthy - saved my live more than once.
4,123 views
Usually answered in minutes!
The door of the Hamilton Beach toaster oven does not stay closed when the door return spring or the hook it connects to breaks. The door spring is about 1 inch long and connects to a small clip on the inside of the left side panel of the unit. To see the spring, you simply remove the left side panel of the toaster oven which is done by removing one screw.
The mounting clip on the side panel for the door return spring is located about half way up the side panel near its front edge. The other end of the spring (its bottom end) connects to a metal hook. If the spring is not connected on its bottom end then the wire hook is broken.
The other end of the metal hook (its bottom end) is connected to the bottom of the door hinge where it inserts a small hole in the left side mounting hinge of the door.
When the steel hook breaks on either end then the spring cannot function, so the door does not stay closed.
To fix this problem, you simply get a piece of steel wire that is about 1/16 inch thick and a few inches long.
Bend the wire to make a hook that the spring will connect to on one end.
Then insert the other end of the wire into the small hole on the left side mounting hinge of the door. Bend the wire on the inside of the hole to make a U or hook so the wire stays mounted in the hole of the door hinge.
Then adjust the position of the bend on the other end of the metal wire so the spring will have good tension when it is attached to the hook and to the clip on the side panel.
Make the U shaped bend on this end of the wire to be about 1/2 inch from the end of the open end of the spring when the top end of the spring is attached to the mounting clip on the side panel.
To attach the spring to the wire hook, first remove the spring from the mounting clip. Then hook the spring onto the hook (bend) you made at the end of the wire, then just stretch the spring to connect it to the mounting clip. The door will now stay closed.
Hi David. We have the same countertop oven and the doors spring has snapped/broken. Can you provide a photo of how and where the spring mechanism is attached? Thanks.
×