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This was a post that I wrote a while ago about replacing the hinge in a Stoves Oven door, that I decided to replace even though it was pretty obvious when I eventually got the rusty spring out that it wasn’t our fault in the oven cleaning process. It was rusty and just had broken.
I have been enjoying myself today. I managed to get out the office to go and see a client of ours who has reported a problem with her door. She said it wasn’t like that before we cleaned it! We had already sent back our employee who cleaned it and also one of tour other more experienced employees but they both couldn’t see how to fix it.
So I went around there today. I had a look at it and it looked like the fault I was expecting that is the right hand side oven door hinge was coming out of the oven meaning that when you tried to close the door to close it properly you had to push that side in with your hand. And this problem is caused by a broken spring.
With the Stoves ovens they have a spring that is recessed in the oven compartment. That is there is no spring on the oven door itself.
So I wanted to confirm the problem but how do you find the spring? I first took the front screws off and tried to see if the front split off but it didn’t. Then I took the whole oven out of its surround and put it on to the floor. so I could have a look to see how you got into the area where the hinge was. I took the top bit of the casing off first but under there was just the electrics for the oven control board. Then I took the back off but you couldn’t see the hinge from there. Then I took the side panel off and then right at the bottom I could see the hinge and the spring.
And yes there it was looking very rusty with its end broken off.
I told the client that it wasn’ t our fault it was just a a coincidence that it happened after we cleaned the oven. But I still offered to go back and fit it and they have been a client of ours since 2007 and have their oven cleaned often with us.
I need to get a spring and looking on Espares the price is £2.50 for the spring so probably close to £10 once we put postage and packing on to that.
I went back with the new spring which seems very good value for money at £2.50 as its about five inches long.
Replacing the Stoves Door Hinge: It was very easy to replace.
- Order the new part. The model number is on the silver panel on the oven, or if you still have the manual that will tell you the model number. Go to espares.co.uk and order the part there. Its a silver spring about 5 inches long with a hook on each end. I paid £2.50 but I wrote this post over ten years ago (I’m writing this edit in 2025).
- Get the oven out of its surround so you can access the side panel screws. I found this difficult to get the oven out of its surround and then put it on to the floor as this oven was at waist height in the cabinet – its a two man job really. I managed to do it on my own but if I was doing it again I’d use a platform to bring the oven out onto – so something like a low platform step which today in 2025 we carry around in our vans.
- Undo all of the side screws on the side panels and maybe the top panel. It takes a while.
- Unclip the broken hinge and put on the new one – it very easy.
