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Alabama_Jim's avatar
Alabama_Jim
Explorer
Aug 04, 2015

Drawers in a Travel Trailer

I asked for ideas on how to keep drawers secure while traveling. Got several ideas. I bought the male/female latch like on cabinet doors. Now I have a problem. When going to mount the female end, I have about 5 inches of space and cannot get a screw driver long ways to put the screw in. Any ides? Will glue hold it in place?
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Aug 04, 2015
    They make very short screwdrivers or even right-angle attachments for power drills.
    Glue wont hold.
  • Vulcan_Rider's avatar
    Vulcan_Rider
    Explorer
    Aug 04, 2015
    What kind of an RV do you have with drawers that do not already have some kind of friction latching mechanism ??
  • K_Charles's avatar
    K_Charles
    Explorer
    Aug 04, 2015
    I don know what kind or drawers you have but I thought they all had a latch that was right in the track. We never had a drawer open in all the campers we have had.
    Maybe you just need to fit the track.
  • NanciL's avatar
    NanciL
    Explorer II
    Aug 04, 2015
    I have a screw driver that has the ends bent at a ninty degree angle just for stuff like that.
    One end is Philips and the other is a slotted.
    They are inexpensive

    Jack L
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Aug 04, 2015
    Look at the end of the drawer guides mounted in the cabinet. There should be small dog ears that need to be bent out so you have to raise the draw slightly to pull them out.
  • Alabama_Jim's avatar
    Alabama_Jim
    Explorer
    Aug 05, 2015
    enblethen, the drawers do not come all the way out, as to the floor. They just come half way out.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Aug 05, 2015
    That is a separate stop.
    There should be one that is activated when the draws are closed.
    In many rigs, you must lift the draw when it is closed to allow it to open.
  • BTPO1's avatar
    BTPO1
    Explorer
    Aug 05, 2015
    ScottG wrote:
    They make very short screwdrivers or even right-angle attachments for power drills.
    Glue wont hold.


    X2, they also have ratcheting right angle screwdrivers that accept different tips. JMO
  • Vulcan_Rider's avatar
    Vulcan_Rider
    Explorer
    Aug 05, 2015
    enblethen wrote:

    In many rigs, you must lift the draw when it is closed to allow it to open.


    And in some, there is a magnet.
    And in others, there is a spring loaded "clamp".

    Are you sure you are getting the drawers closed all the way ??

    The last one I saw without anything was a tiny little TT built in 1965.
  • Opie431's avatar
    Opie431
    Explorer
    Aug 07, 2015
    Years ago my husband listened to my complaints and was going to finally fix the drawer that opened when traveling. He found all he had to do was tighten what was already there. Before you do anything else, see if that is the problem.

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