IKEA Hinge & Door Damper Install | UTRUSTA 

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Im still messing around with mine. not sure if I clicked the base in correctly. I've screwed the screws in all the way and hinge would not click in so maybe I put it in back wards. Back downstairs I for attempt #3!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH. Me and my husband were so confused and tilted after trying and trying. It worked when we screwed the clips on super tight

+KarenMarie Saracino Sweet!

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Thank you!

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It is easy! make sure the plate on the cabinet is installed correctly.

If you didn't get it exactly right the first time odds are you've bent the catches/tips out of shape. That's why mine wouldn't go back onto the hinge. The non-90 degree tip/foot/hook, (not displayed very clearly in this video here) is easily squished out of shape under pressure. It needs to be 'basically' pointing 90 degrees up, (then hooking around another 'basically' 90 degrees around then down) and the two claw feet need to be 'exactly' 90 degrees so they all three slot into that neat little rectangular hole. I used a trousers coat hanger to help add the sustained pressure needed straighten the tips. I could also have used the blunt edge of a large pair of scissors (I didn't want to scratch a butter knife with it). After each retry you may have to re-straighten because *ungh*. I don't like forcing things because it can weaken the metal but frankly that had already happened with the stress-fail and they should design things better than this. I remember the carpenter saying he had to get a few new ones because they were too loose, but darn this one was too tight.

I couldn't fit the pieces together - my problem was the screws were not all the way in on the inside of the cabinet and were blocking the doors from being able to snap in - make sure the screws are not sticking out on the inside of the cabinet part

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here it is... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_Adzl16HVZI.html

It's one of those videos that makes you feel an idiot. But in fact there are two ways to put it and he doesn't mention or show. Really NOT cool.

unscrew it completely then gently pry under underneath the bracket, then pull out the plastic inserts with a needle nose plier.

+Russ Hall If I'm correct... the dampers work on the old hinges, they are universally compatible.. did you buy a pack and test them? They look identical to me. You can always use the new hinges on the old cabinets, you just have to drill holes for the base plate part to screw into. (make a jig... at the store... then take it home to drill your holes!)

I have trouble with that too. It turned out I had not tightened the screws enough (on the little part that attaches to the cabinet that the hinge snaps onto). The incompletely-tightened screws were interfering with the hinge snapping down.

sorry, does not make sense, if the damper works on other doors then the damper is good, if it fits on the bad door, I don't think there is anything that can be bad about the hinge

It only works when i put 2 damper. Still don't find the problem.2 of my 3 door have this problem.

+mmhendrie thx, one damper per door is good.

lame, that is a pain. In defense of IKEA, the door fronts can be used in different applications with and without hinges and there are at least two types of hinges.

I'm glad you managed to close it. Mine won't close, even with my full weight on it. I'm ready to throw in the towel, I really am.

I suggest and always fit them first so you have clear access, then just snap them off or pull them out when you put on the bench top, or counter top.

no screws needed or recommended, I think they are only for alignment of the hinge

they did change the hinges a couple years back, I thought the dampers where the same, but maybe not....

If you're having trouble closing the flap on the door part of the hinge, same here, and I'm using my full weight on it. Just about ready to throw in the towel.

good timing... I just installed some interior maximera drawers, the slides need to be mounted correctly, they are set back into the cabinet by one screw hole. not flush to the edge of cabinet.

Thank you - got it figured out...not impressed with the "new" line btw. The cheap metal straps across the top do not look as if they could hold granite. There is also much wasted space since the hinges compete with the drawer space. We might look into some of IKEA's competitors for our sixth kitchen remodel. Thx again!

The clip on the cabinet needs to have the catch pointing outwards

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Unclip the hinge from the cabinet, then partially unscrew the hinge mounting plate, about 75%, then use a flat blade screwdriver and gently pry the plate off the cabinet so you take the plastic pieces (the things that the screws go in to) with the plate.

That should of course read Metod, not Method...

Universal how?

my guess is not securely snapped in (where the pin catches on the back of the mounting bracket

My Sektion door cabinet isnt flush from where the hinge meets running across from left to right. The door is sticking out at the part closest to the hinge. It sits flush on the opening side, but on the hinge side ot protrudes out. Why?

If you think thats hard, u should see us swedes do it! *roll eyes* Its like maze u never get out of and u end up in tears!