ᐅ Ikea Besta Drawer Issue

Created on: 24 Jun 2015 15:08
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Juliette W
Hello,

we are having issues with installing or fitting the drawers into the Besta cabinet.

It concerns two 60cm (24 inches) wide units placed side by side. Another unit is positioned on top of the right one. Drawers are supposed to go into both of these lower units. The two right drawers are working quite well, but the smaller upper drawer on the left side is really problematic. It is crooked, misaligned, and sits too low, hitting the large drawer door below it.

Here are some pictures, maybe they can help to see if something is installed or screwed incorrectly:

Planned cabinet:
Modular furniture made of white cabinets with wooden tops and glass fronts against a gray wall.


Left stubborn drawer, left rail:
Inside of a cabinet with metal drawer slide rail


Left stubborn drawer, right rail:
Extended metal drawer runner inside a wooden cabinet, interior visible


Right functioning drawer, left rail:
Metal drawer slide in an open wooden cabinet with guide rails.


Right functioning drawer, right rail:
Metal drawer guide in a wooden cabinet, mounted laterally and visible.


Cabinet left drawer, left side:
Kitchen island with blue countertop and wooden front on a colorful carpet.


Cabinet left drawer, right side:
Modern kitchen island with blue worktop in an open kitchen


If you want me to provide a photo with the drawer fully inserted, I can only do that tomorrow morning.

I thought I had read something about this issue here before, but I can’t find it anymore. Maybe I just dreamed it.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Juliette W
20 Aug 2015 12:50
Thank you for the tips. We will take another look at it this evening. But somehow the whole thing is poorly constructed...

My husband partially re-screwed the drawer runners to make them fit and swore about the cardboard parts. But even the top doors are far from optimal. Today, I would have Ikea assemble it, so they have to deal with the issues and fix them if necessary. With our self-assembled Metod office wall, there were no unsolvable problems, only with Besta.
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alsk1
20 Aug 2015 16:39
I personally had no issues with it at all. I really can't understand why it's considered so problematic. Maybe the part was assembled incorrectly from the start, because everything actually fits fine.