Whirlpool W10315283RP Maxima Door Reversal Kit

We have a stacked Maytag Maxima 6000 series washer and dryer. The doors open opposite directions (the washer is hinged on the left and the dryer on the right). When the two are side by side, that is a smart way to open the doors washer on the left, dryer on the right, open both doors and clothes can be passed from washer to dryer easily.

Ah, but when they are stacked, that arrangement is a pain. Well, unlike refrigerators, Maytag made this hinge a little complicated to switch. This "kit" is required.

This "kit" is a single piece of plastic trim that fits inside the door, between the outer and inner trim piece. Yes, it's an expensive piece of plastic and seems all wrong to have to buy that, but that's the design.

The trim piece comes with step by step instructions in English and French. Two tools are required, a #2 Philips head screw driver and a T25 Torx screw driver. While waiting for this part to ship, it's a good idea to get the T25 Torx screw driver they are easy to find now. Any length will work fine they recommend an 8 inch version, but any size will do. I used a small rechargeable driver with a Torx bit and a cordless drill with the Philips bit for disassembly.

There are only a few minor tricks to the switch. It took me about 15 minutes to do the job, start to finish. The first scary part was removing the 4 Torx screws that hold the door hinge there is a hooked tab that holds up the door once the screws are removed (no need to have an assistant hold the door). After that it's really straight forward removing the Philips head screws. Pay attention to removing only Philips head screws (the instructions said 17, I only had 14 on my door). There are some smaller Torx screws that are not removed. To remove the inner door trim, there is a sort of tab arrangement at the top and bottom, a little persuasion with my hand released one of the tabs, then the panel separated easily. All the rest is really simple. The trim piece from this "kit" replaces the trim piece already installed on the door.

Now my wife is super happy, both doors swing the same direction and it is much easier to transfer laundry from the washer to the dryer.

This kit solved my problem which was that I wanted my washer and dryer's set up the way my hook ups were, dryer on the left, washer on the right. Now my doors open outward which means you can open both and just transfer from one to the other without using a basket and closing a door.

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I consider myself good at following written directions, but halfway through the process of installing this I felt lost. A few minutes later, it all worked out. I don't know why they couldn't have designed the part to flip over or, if that was too difficult, why they didn't just include the 50 cents of plastic with the $1000 appliance.

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This piece worked very well and was not too difficult to install. It took a little time but was fairly simple. It is a lot to pay for a piece of plastic, but is required to reverse the door on this dryer. Reversing it was such a great thing as my washer and dryer are stacked. I no longer bump my head or shoulders while doing the laundry. Worth getting.

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