How to Replace a Lazy Susan in a Round Base Cabinet

Remove Old Lazy Susan

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  Pull all items off the current lazy Susan shelves, and remove all other items from the cabinet.

• 2

  Remove the screws securing the old lazy Susan's top mount to the top of the cabinet by using a Phillips screwdriver or an electric drill. Remove the screws securing the bottom mount to the base of the cabinet.

• 3

  Take the Lazy Susan out of the cabinet.

Install New Lazy Susan

• 4

  Position the new lazy Susan's mount on the bottom polelike piece flat on the cabinet's base. Leave at least a 3/8-inch clearance on all sides of the mount. The lazy Susan includes two shafts, or polelike pieces, with mounts on one end. The bottom shaft is slightly larger in diameter than the top shaft.

• 5

  Thread a lazy Susan collar assembly piece over the bottom shaft, and then push the shaft through the center of the first lazy Susan shelf. Push another collar piece over the bottom shaft, and push the shaft through the center of the second shelf. If the lazy Susan has a third shelf, repeat the process. Afterward, the lazy Susan has two or more shelves with a shaft shooting through their centers. The shelves will turn around this shaft.

• 6

  Turn the top shaft upside down so its mount face upward, and slide it into the bottom shaft.

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  Pull the top shelf up the shaft, and then push the collar piece directly underneath the shelf. Turn the locking screw in the collar piece to keep the piece and shelf above it from moving down on the shaft. Move the next shelf up a few inches as well, and lock its collar piece in place. Repeat the procedure if the unit has a third shelf.

• 8

  Raise the top shaft all the way until its mount lines up with a wood brace at the top of the cabinet. Move the lazy Susan if necessary to allow the top mount to meet with the brace. Keep the lazy Susan straight, and check its levelness with a level. Turn the shelves of the lazy Susan see if they can turn properly with the door open and to see if the cabinet door can close. Make adjustments if necessary.

• 9

  Mark the necessary screw holes in the top and bottom mounts with a pen. Drill 1/8-inch diameter pilot holes through each mark.

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  Align the lazy Susan mounts with the pilot holes. Drill No. 8 x 1/2-inch long truss screws through the holes in the bottom mount to secure it to the base of the cabinet. Extend the top mount to the wood brace at the top of the cabinet, and secure it with screws.