Repair IQ700 Siemens Washing Machine Door Handle

In this short instructable I show you how I repaired the door handle of my Siemens iQ700 washing machine. The door handle has a small part which operates the actual door locking mechanism, this part broke off.

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Our washing machine was closed when the part of the door handle broke off. The first challenge was to open the door. Thankfully someone posted a Youtube video of the ways to open the door.

The door was easily dismantled by removing all the torx screws. Beware of the heavy glass bulb in the door.

Glueing the broken part will never be strong enough to withstand the force in the future. Therefore I designed a part which would be stronger. For the designing proces, I glued the broken part back on to be able to measure all the dimensions. I designed the part in Fusion360. The stl file is attached

I printed the part in PETG (Wellhan grey) because this material is quite strong.

I sanded the part and sanded the handle part before I glued the part to the handle.

Firstly I glued it very weakly to be able to fit the part in the door. Because it fitted perfectly, I glued the part thoroughly with 502 cyanoacrylate glue.

After drying of the glue I screwed the part to the handle to strengthen the connection.

Reassemble the door.