Lube for oven door?

[bvd...@uniserve.com]

My 20 year old range door (self cleaning Kenmore) has begun to stick
when you close it... seems that it is hanging just at the 'leave it open
a little bit' point. I sprayed in a bit of WD40 and it is working fine
now. But, I'm not sure that WD40 and heat mix all that well. So, what
would be a recommended solution?

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[Curly Sue]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 11:29:33 -0700, bvd...@uniserve.com wrote:

>My 20 year old range door (self cleaning Kenmore) has begun to stick
>when you close it... seems that it is hanging just at the 'leave it open
>a little bit' point. I sprayed in a bit of WD40 and it is working fine
>now. But, I'm not sure that WD40 and heat mix all that well. So, what
>would be a recommended solution?

I had the same concern about oiling the gears on my bread machine,
because they are exposed to heat. I used WD40 first to get rid of the
water in the mechanism (which was the cause of the problem to begin
with), and followed it with the other oil made by the same company,
"3-in-one" oil, and it seems to work fine. No fires :>

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

sue at interport dotnet

[Dan Hicks]

bvd...@uniserve.com wrote:
>
> My 20 year old range door (self cleaning Kenmore) has begun to stick
> when you close it... seems that it is hanging just at the 'leave it open
> a little bit' point. I sprayed in a bit of WD40 and it is working fine
> now. But, I'm not sure that WD40 and heat mix all that well. So, what
> would be a recommended solution?

Triflow spray lube. It's basically teflon and thus should stand the
heat.

--
Dan Hicks
The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.

[bvd...@uniserve.com]

Okay, thanks all for the good suggestions. I'll probably leave it for a
few days and see if maybe the WD40 just happened to lossen some dried in
guck. Like one other poster said, oven doors really shouldn't need
lubrication. And, no, I didn't know that there were 'food grade' lubs --
learn stuff every day.

[Tom O'Connor]

I use olive oil about once every three months and it seems to work.

Tom>

[db...@sprynet.com]

just took an old wall oven apart to scavenge it for parts, just in case
i ever need them??? probably will never live that long, but it was a
habit that paid off in the past... ok, with the oven out of the wall i
took off the sides of the oven and you can see the hinges, on the hinges
there are springs, there are three different positons that you can put
the springs in, thats what you got to do, move the springs on the oven
door to make it close more(?? is that what you want). i am telling you
that i put the new oven in and have probably the same problem, i got to
take it out again to move the springs into another latch to make the
door tighter(leaves about a 1/4 inch opening when the door is suppose to
be closed).

[bvd...@uniserve.com]

Thanks for the advise. Actaully I don't think it has anything to do with
the springs, etc. After giving a little shot of WD40 we ran the oven
though a cleaning cycle. Anything volitile would surely be burned off
after this... Besides, the hinge openings are to the outside of the
gasket which seals off the oven.

Anyway, after letting the oven cool off I tried the door. Still works
just perfectly. So, I can only assume that the WD40 lossened something
out of the hinge. Really don't know what exactly happened, and I am not
going to disassemble the door to find out! Just mark one more down for
the good old WD40!

[Dan Hicks]

bvd...@uniserve.com wrote:
>
> Dan Hicks wrote:
> >
> > bvd...@uniserve.com wrote:
> > >
> > > My 20 year old range door (self cleaning Kenmore) has begun to stick
> > > when you close it... seems that it is hanging just at the 'leave it open
> > > a little bit' point. I sprayed in a bit of WD40 and it is working fine
> > > now. But, I'm not sure that WD40 and heat mix all that well. So, what
> > > would be a recommended solution?
> >
> > Triflow spray lube. It's basically teflon and thus should stand the
> > heat.
> >
> > --
> > Dan Hicks
> > The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.
>
> Okay, thanks all for the good suggestions. I'll probably leave it for a
> few days and see if maybe the WD40 just happened to lossen some dried in
> guck. Like one other poster said, oven doors really shouldn't need
> lubrication. And, no, I didn't know that there were 'food grade' lubs --
> learn stuff every day.

If you want a simple "food grade" lube you can use regular vegetable
oil, but it will turn to gum over time. Better is "mineral oil",
sometimes sold as a "purgative" at drug stores.

--
Dan Hicks
The best things in life aren't things.

[Bill Browning]

Dust it with the graphite lubricant used for lock mechanisms. That should
stand the heat and not be toxic. Wait for the mineral spirits vehicle to
evaporate before you turn on the oven.
Bill B.
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[Dan O.]

><bvd...@uniserve.com> wrote

>>
>> My 20 year old range door (self cleaning Kenmore) has begun to stick
>> when you close it... seems that it is hanging just at the 'leave it open
>> a little bit' point. I sprayed in a bit of WD40 and it is working fine
>> now. But, I'm not sure that WD40 and heat mix all that well. So, what
>> would be a recommended solution?
>>

Are you certain it's just not that the door springs have weakened and need to be
replaced or that the hinges or their channels are not worn and need attention?
Lubrication is not normally required on oven door hinges on most stove designs.

It's usually better to find the cause that just attack the symptom. Do the job
once and do it right!

Dan O.
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