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Tricky Dicky[_4_] December 22nd 20 10:06 PM

Soft drawer closing feature not working
 
Our kitchen units have Blum drawer kits with a soft closing feature, however one drawer does not seem to want to work and needs pushing completely home. When the drawer is taken off the runners both extending arms on the runners soft close as required in that if you push them in the soft closing mechanism pulls them slowly in the last couple of cm. Attach the drawer unto the runners and nothing. Anyone with any idea why this drawer fails to operate like all the others?

Richard

Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) December 23rd 20 12:10 PM

Soft drawer closing feature not working
 
Friction?
Muck in the runners? I have a chest of drawers like that it seems that one
runner is missing some ball bearings, ahem.
Brian

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Our kitchen units have Blum drawer kits with a soft closing feature, however
one drawer does not seem to want to work and needs pushing completely home.
When the drawer is taken off the runners both extending arms on the runners
soft close as required in that if you push them in the soft closing
mechanism pulls them slowly in the last couple of cm. Attach the drawer
unto the runners and nothing. Anyone with any idea why this drawer fails to
operate like all the others?

Richard



alan_m December 23rd 20 01:13 PM

Soft drawer closing feature not working
 
On 22/12/2020 22:06, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Our kitchen units have Blum drawer kits with a soft closing feature, however one drawer does not seem to want to work and needs pushing completely home. When the drawer is taken off the runners both extending arms on the runners soft close as required in that if you push them in the soft closing mechanism pulls them slowly in the last couple of cm. Attach the drawer unto the runners and nothing. Anyone with any idea why this drawer fails to operate like all the others?

Richard



Put the drawer in another slot - that may tell you that it is the bit
attached to the drawer or the bit attached to the frame that is the problem.

Check that there is nothing hanging down at the top of the opening, such
as something fallen down behind the drawer above.

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Graham.[_13_] December 24th 20 08:03 AM

Soft drawer closing feature not working
 


Check that there is nothing hanging down at the top of the opening, such
as something fallen down behind the drawer above.

Or the drawer front catching the one above/below. If so, adjust
the cams with a screwdriver to level and even out the gaps.

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fred[_8_] December 24th 20 02:51 PM

Soft drawer closing feature not working
 
On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 10:06:55 PM UTC, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Our kitchen units have Blum drawer kits with a soft closing feature, however one drawer does not seem to want to work and needs pushing completely home. When the drawer is taken off the runners both extending arms on the runners soft close as required in that if you push them in the soft closing mechanism pulls them slowly in the last couple of cm. Attach the drawer unto the runners and nothing. Anyone with any idea why this drawer fails to operate like all the others?

Richard

Self closing drawers are powered by gravity. The rear of the runner tracks dip down which causes the drawer runner to 'fall' down this slope. Check that nothing is obstructing this


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