Over the years the factory applied lubricant or oil gradually wears off the hinges.
Smeg oven door hinge stuck.
My oven door is locked smeg sa306x 8 i think i may have done something with the timer for the pyrolitic answered by a verified appliance technician.
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The little notch on the lower arm of the hinge on the door 2 46 in the video fits rests over the metal lip in the oven opening.
Fold in half and place over the metal lip at the lower end of the opening on the oven.
Opening and closing an oven door is quite possibly one of the most important aspects to an oven.
I explained this issue to the customer and said i would not be able to clean inside the door which she was ok with.
I looked up the model when i got home and low and behold there are special smeg pins for removing these hinges costing 10 for a set on ebay.
The hinges on an oven door heat up when the oven is in use.
Replace the hinges on a smeg oven door.
When this happens the hinges begin to squeak.
If you aren t able to do that then it becomes useless.
Press it down snugly with a tool so that it seats well and will not be easily dislodged.
Repeat for the other side.
One of the main reasons for it being useless is that fact that it might need some new hinges.
Took off the door and loosened the two door hinge screws on the main body of the oven slipped the clips over the bottom of the hinge slot and tightened the screws re fitted the door making sure that the hinge slot fitted over the newly installed clips bingo a closing oven door for a few minutes work thanks to all who passed on their experiences with smeg a2 oven hinges.