ᐅ At which point should the Ikea Maximera drawer slides be installed?

Created on: 25 Jun 2014 10:55

Hello everyone,

I recently bought a Metod kitchen and am currently struggling with the assembly of the cabinets with drawers (Uschr 4 Fr/2 ni 2 haho Sch and Uschr 5 Fr/2 ni 3 haho Sch).

Here is the problem:
The bottom drawer doesn’t fit by about 2cm (1 inch). The instructions describe many different combinations for where to attach the drawer slides, but the exact two cabinets mentioned above are missing. I’ve already tried various combinations, including using the second row of holes on the slides, but I haven’t found a suitable setup. I’ve also adjusted the drawer height using the side screws. All without success…

Can anyone help me?

Best regards,
Bond007

IKEA-Experte23 Apr 2015 09:15

#13

Unfortunately, this does not explain why the frame is rubbing at the top. The only possibility I can think of at the moment is incorrect installation of the cabinet rails, specifically using the lower holes instead of the upper ones on the rail. (Only the lowest rails are attached using the lower holes.)

AM11R23 Apr 2015 17:15

#14

Here are the pictures related to my issue.

The pictures somehow got rotated during upload, but I hope you can still make them out ops:

In the last two pictures, I unscrewed the rail at the top slightly so I could slide the drawer underneath.

IKEA-Experte23 Apr 2015 20:07

#15

As I mentioned above, the rails are installed incorrectly.

AM11R23 Apr 2015 21:15

#16

Hi. I screwed the bottom rail through the lower holes and the three above through the upper holes because otherwise the drawers wouldn’t close properly due to overlapping.

Could you please explain again exactly what you mean? Maybe I didn’t understand correctly ops:

IKEA-Experte23 Apr 2015 21:21

#17

When I look at the pictures, there are no screws visible in the upper holes. So the top rail pair must be fastened with the lower holes.

Fresendelf24 Apr 2015 09:43

#18

I can also imagine that the drawer fronts were assembled incorrectly, similar to the first case mentioned in this thread. The bottom drawer is mounted differently than the others, which is explained in the instructions. Additionally, it’s important to make sure each drawer front is installed the right way around. I would recommend first checking everything carefully for correctness.

There definitely has to be an assembly error, as there is always enough space for all parts with correct assembly.

ᐅ At which point should the Ikea Maximera drawer slides be installed?

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