Drawer Runners (Sliders)

Just had this problem on a Magnet kitchen from 1992, and admittedly with only one drawer, but what I did was to rebate the support on the inside support, leaving the chipboard side untouched.

On 12 May 2015, "gareth" grunted:

Last time I had to do this, I simply turned the worn runners upside down, thereby doubling their useful lifespan. Won't work on all types of runner, obv...

I'd thought about rebating, but sadly I don't think my skills are up to it.

Thanks though.

The problem with the current runners is that the ball bearings are falling out (and running all round the kitchen).

If I could figure out some way of picking them all up and putting them back in the runners maybe they could be reused... ;)

Thanks.

You've probably tried these.

If you take a sample of the ball bearing to a bearing supplier [1] they will be able to supply new loose ones. Fit in place using grease and reassemble. I did summat similar recently and it worked a treat.

Nick.

That's an easy one. You stick the ball bearings back in postion with grease and reassemble.

I can see you never maintained a bicycle. :-)

Thanks for all the ideas.

Eventually ended up buying some of these:

At 10.5mm, the tolerance is ok. However, the slides do not extend fully (but I can live with that).

Thanks Bob