Amana Refridgerator Door Handle
#1
01-22-10, 01:55 PM
Amana Refridgerator Door Handle
This week the door handle broke on our Amana side by side refrigerator, model SR22. This trusty appliance has worked for 28 years and a replacement door handle (Part AP9596) is no longer available through online parts providers. 
Does anyone have any suggestions for re-attaching this door handle? It is broken on where the top plastic dowel/insert goes into the door itself. I tried expoxy glue the door handle and trim underneath it and that did not hold. I hate to think that I need to replace a perfectly good appliance because of a broken door handle.
riatn
Does anyone have any suggestions for re-attaching this door handle? It is broken on where the top plastic dowel/insert goes into the door itself. I tried expoxy glue the door handle and trim underneath it and that did not hold. I hate to think that I need to replace a perfectly good appliance because of a broken door handle.
riatn
#2
01-23-10, 01:28 PM
Did you try several layers of Super glue? That might do it. I 'fixed' a microwave handle in such a way last year. It has held. So did my glasses I fixed where the lens fell out due to split in half frame! 
Or epoxy putty(think Billy Mays).
If I can run down a plastic handle to an outdated Radarange, and get a handle(unintended pun) on where to find the no loinger made plastic part, I will share the info. I have an appliance man from across state working on it. If no luck/no leads even, I will start contacting 100,000-1,000,000 appliance parts people -and - companies like Phillips Plastics Corp., to see if they or some competitor makes lion's share of such plastic parts for various manufacturers.
Very disgusting to have a perfectly good working and nice looking older appliance, and you can no longer get some simple, yet necessary part! Arrrrggggghhhh.
Or epoxy putty(think Billy Mays).If I can run down a plastic handle to an outdated Radarange, and get a handle(unintended pun) on where to find the no loinger made plastic part, I will share the info. I have an appliance man from across state working on it. If no luck/no leads even, I will start contacting 100,000-1,000,000 appliance parts people -and - companies like Phillips Plastics Corp., to see if they or some competitor makes lion's share of such plastic parts for various manufacturers.
Very disgusting to have a perfectly good working and nice looking older appliance, and you can no longer get some simple, yet necessary part! Arrrrggggghhhh.
#3
01-23-10, 11:02 PM
Other consumers have had this problem as well on older refrigerators with No Longer Available replacement door handles.
A few have been very creative---by going to a Lowes/Home Depot and purchasing an attractive set of handles intended for doors or cabinets and using those on the refrigerator doors.
Some looked perfectly suited and appeared to be original equipment to the untrained eye.
A few have been very creative---by going to a Lowes/Home Depot and purchasing an attractive set of handles intended for doors or cabinets and using those on the refrigerator doors.
Some looked perfectly suited and appeared to be original equipment to the untrained eye.
#5
02-02-10, 03:33 PM
As long as the thing does not get torqued, it may hold.
PM me if you want. I know a company that sells new and used appliance parts, and may have some obsolete stuff. Worth a check. They are in the Cities area. They like you to actually bring in your part. But if you mail it to them and include return mailing postage, you can do that also. Faxing them a pic is not as good of a choice.
PM me if you want. I know a company that sells new and used appliance parts, and may have some obsolete stuff. Worth a check. They are in the Cities area. They like you to actually bring in your part. But if you mail it to them and include return mailing postage, you can do that also. Faxing them a pic is not as good of a choice.
