How can I nudge a heavy built-in refrigerator 1/2" laterally?

[TrippKnightly]

Hi. Bear with me, and help! I have a 42" kitchenaid counter-depth fridge. ("Built-in" they call it, but as far as I'm concerned it's not truly built-in since it's still standing alone in its cubby, though it is panel ready and mostly looks built in.) I need to get it to be 1/2" (maybe even 1/4") over sideways so that a front flange actually makes contaact w/ a surrounding cabinet panel that makes up its cubby. The cubby / surround opening for this refrigerator was built a little too wide, so I need to be really precise to get the flanges to contact the cabinet, or the refrigerator will slide itself inward over time through use and eventually full door opening will be impeded by the sides of the cubby.

Anyway I know how to raise and lower the legs to enable the rollers. But I can't figure out some kind of rocking motion whose net effect would allow the refrigerator to slide left or right as a net result.  This especially since the rollers only allow fore and aft motion (they are not casters!).  Note I'm also being careful not to use the doors as points of leverage lest I get them out of whack. I'd prefer not to get the entire fridge out of its home since I don't know how that gets me into a better state anyway.

Just wondering if there any tricks of the trade out there.

I thank you.  My family will thank you when I fix this.

Oh, and before I post, I just thought of one thing, maybe it's too kludgey.  Get some magic moving sliders like these at Harbor Freight.  Put a thin piece of plate steel over the pads so the weight is distributed better.  Use the ones that are as big as possible for better weight spreading.  Put one under each FRONT foot (or roller), using the foot height adjustment mechanism to either lift the legs or the roller to do so.  Since you can't reach to the back rollers, just put those rollers down instead of the feet.  Now you have sliders on the front (next best thing to casters) and at least rollability in the back... allowing me to park it better in the garage w/ a little back and forth?

 

[Hiroshi]

I have, on many occasions, searched for a piece of scrap lumber in a customer's home and cut it to the exact length I want the Fridge to stand away from the wall, then toss it on the floor behind the unit so it will block the users from pushing it back over the water line, or smashing the plug into the outlet, etc. To lift a massive object: use leverage. Put something down to protect the floor and slip a crowbar under a frame corner then press and twist to move the machine in the direction you want, one little step at a time

[johntech]

When I want to move a refrigerator left or right I pull it forward and slide it back to the position I want it to be. If you try to push it sideways you can bend the feet or rollers and damage the floor. It moves easier when all the food is removed. That would be the case on most refrigerators you did not give a model number so I'm not sure what refrigerator you are trying to move. 

[BrewHobbyTech]

I don't know......in the chance I may be stepping outside the boundaries, especially since I'm new here.......my initial thought was, and still is..........."hey, have you looked up a local football team.....front line type...". Yeah, it may cost you some beer, but in the long run the wife will be happy.........and that means you might be also.......it works out in the end......

 

I have nothing else to offer right now.........but it's possible I may not sleep as good tonight for some reason.....I don't know....