Broken Drawer sliders DRIVING ME CRAZY !

dbbls wrote:
I had the same problem with my old trailer. I cut a 1x2 board and stood it upright along side of the drawer slide brackets. Installed a screw through the slide into the wood on all of the drawers. Did this on both sides of the drawers, problem solved. I left the unbroken plastic pieces in place just to line up the slides.

I had the same problem with the plastic pieces the slides go into at the back, and I wanted to keep the same slides so I have the locking feature. I measured the distance from the front inside the cabinet to the back piece the slide brackets mount to. I cut a piece of 1 X 4 board to that exact length, and used a Kreg jig to drill two pocket screw holes at each end. I put screws in to hold the 1 X 4 exactly against the outside of the drawer slide. Then I fastened the slide to the newly-installed board with a couple of screws (maybe just one; it's been a while and I don't remember for sure). There should be screw holes in the slide that you can use with a flathead screw so the drawer piece clears the screw. Anyway, that has worked well for mine-- no more problems. I've never got up the ambition to change them all; I just do it as one of the plastic pieces breaks. They get brittle when they get old, so every once in a while I have one break.

The pocket screw holes allow you to fasten the 1 X 4 tightly in place between a front and a back support.