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

Created on: 25 Jun 2014 10:55
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Bond007
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
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AM11R
28 Apr 2015 19:21
Hi kubia. You need to pull the latch backwards with a Phillips screwdriver to release the front panel.

I managed to do it. It was the same problem as the original poster.
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gfi
29 Dec 2016 16:11
Hello forum members,
I just can’t figure it out... where is the mistake?!?

Mount the rails in rows 15, 13, and 9 always in the upper holes
Row 1 in the lower holes

Even if I turned the front of the medium-sized drawer around, it still wouldn’t fit because the height of the front doesn’t fit between the large and the narrow one.

The narrow fronts are flush with the side; if you flipped them, they would stay that way, right?


White dresser with three drawers; one drawer is slightly open, standing in a room.


Desperate greetings
Gfi
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Nörgli
29 Dec 2016 16:42
Hello! Did you also make sure that the bottom front is attached differently on the drawer compared to the others? At first glance, it looks like you treated ALL of them as if they were the bottom one. That’s why there is a gap at the top.
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gfi
29 Dec 2016 17:42
THANK YOU for the quick response, Nörgli.
What do you mean by "That’s why there is a gap at the top"?
Here are the pictures again, maybe it will be clearer this way...

Top two drawers – here it doesn’t matter how the front is installed, right?

White drawer slides and guide rails of a piece of furniture during assembly.


Middle drawer

Close-up of electrical installation in a furniture front with fasteners


Bottom drawer

White kitchen cabinet with mounting screws and hinge plates
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Nörgli
29 Dec 2016 18:22
Please check the manual again. On page 6, you can see that the bottom panel is installed as described on page 12, while all the panels above follow the steps on page 6.

Here is a picture showing how it looks for me. I don’t have 10mm (0.4 inch) panels, but the principle is the same:



Addendum: I’m not sure if the 10mm (0.4 inch) panels at the top and bottom are the same. If the spacing differs, follow the manual. You definitely placed the two brackets in the wrong holes—not the two at the bottom, but the ones at the top:

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gfi
29 Dec 2016 20:17
Hello Nörgli,

Exactly – your additional note was the ultimate tip – I had always installed the screws incorrectly on the upper drawers at part no. 126888 (this metal piece), putting both screws on the same side instead of one in front and one behind... how embarrassing... (I didn’t change the screws on the plastic part; that worked fine as it was)

Now everything fits and looks good!

THANK YOU and have a great turn of the year!
Best regards
Gfi