Help me before I smash this cabinet to pieces (IKEA cabinet)

[dr.girlfriend]

Aaargh!  I'm trying to fit this IKEA cabinet door on with the Integral hinges.  The IKEA instructions, naturally, just say "Click!" and that's it.  I watched a few YouTube videos, and it looks like you have to slide a pin in to that little thing in the front, and then press down at the back.  In the videos it just clicks on, but when I press on the back it clicks but then immediately pops off again.  Any ideas?

[mrs.jacinthe]

Ok, so ... are you sure you're getting the pin into the slot?

If not, is your release lever stuck open somehow? (It's the little flappy thing on the underside.)

[mrs.jacinthe]

Also, apparently it's possible to get the base plate on backwards. Have you double-checked to make sure it's on the right way?

This video illustrates it really well (which direction everything has to go and so forth): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHjMTRtbEHM

[TBM]

Apr 17, 2014 20:22:55 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Also, apparently it's possible to get the base plate on backwards.

Our GC's guys had a hard time with the doors on the cabinets in my studio, and I think that is what they did the first time.  

[thatgirl2478]

Apr 17, 2014 20:19:40 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Ok, so ... are you sure you're getting the pin into the slot?

If not, is your release lever stuck open somehow? (It's the little flappy thing on the underside.)

We didn't use IKEA cabinets, but the replacement door fronts that we used had similar hinges, and these were the problems we had.  Mostly the release lever sticking open or just not fully clicking in.  Had to make sure we manually closed it on some of them.

Oh and fyi - these kinds of hinges are totally adjustable... we spent a couple hours freaking out that we ordered the wrong size doors because some had gaps & some banged together (on the double door cabinets) to realize that.

[pumpkin]

I have no real helpful advice but wish you luck! I have a couple IKEA cabinets with doors and I fought with those darn things for days and was ready to give up when I got them to click in but honestly am not sure i could do it again.

[dr.girlfriend]

Thanks, everyone. I'll try all these things tonight. Unfortunately it's the top door on the 80" pantry I'm trying to get into place, so it's so hard to balance on a stool and try to put pressure on it, etc. But I'll check the video and faceplate direction, and look for that release latch.

[dr.girlfriend]

Apr 17, 2014 20:22:55 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Also, apparently it's possible to get the base plate on backwards. Have you double-checked to make sure it's on the right way?

This video illustrates it really well (which direction everything has to go and so forth): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHjMTRtbEHM

You are a lifesaver, that was exactly it!  The illustration shows the faceplates on for a right-hinged door, I guess when I mentally rotated them for the left-hinged door I got them turned around front to back too.  Thanks!

[ktzmoh]

Apr 17, 2014 20:22:55 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Also, apparently it's possible to get the base plate on backwards. Have you double-checked to make sure it's on the right way?

This video illustrates it really well (which direction everything has to go and so forth): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHjMTRtbEHM

Thank you for this my love!