Experience with Starmark kitchen drawer glides?

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I have a Starmark brand kitchen installed which includes soft close drawer glides. One of the drawers no longer closes but I can't work out why. When you close the glide it's supposed to grab the drawer just a few inches before being fully closed and pull it closed automatically, however that no longer happens which means the drawer is left sticking out a few inches. There is a small piston which I believe only acts as a cushion when closing. Any suggestions?

[worgeordie]

WD40 ,first clean the crud out of the slider

regards Worgeordie

Edited June 12, 2018 by worgeordie
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4 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

WD40 ,first clean the crud out of the slider

regards Worgeordie

The photo makes it look worse than it is. Those few crumbs wouldn't affect the closing.

[worgeordie]

Just now, giddyup said:

The photo makes it look worse than it is. Those few crumbs wouldn't affect the closing.

OK leave the crumbs in, but try some WD40 it might work.

regards Worgeordie

[flyingtlger]

Look in the back of the unit and see if there isn't anything jammed back there.

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2 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Look in the back of the unit and see if there isn't anything jammed back there.

No, nothing.

[mogandave]

Of course you tried taking it all the out and back in a few times, yes?

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2 hours ago, mogandave said:

Of course you tried taking it all the out and back in a few times, yes?

Yep.

[sometimewoodworker]

Take out a draw that does work, the differences will be the problem.

 

if the glide is broken then see if you can find out the maker and get a new one. If it's a generic one Häfele is likely to have a matching one.

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22 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Take out a draw that does work, the differences will be the problem.

 

if the glide is broken then see if you can find out the maker and get a new one. If it's a generic one Häfele is likely to have a matching one.

Quite honestly I couldn't spot the difference, some of the mechanism is hidden inside the runner. What I did in the end is remove the little piston that facilitates the "soft close", the drawer is now able to fully close.

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Moderator: <removed> The post can also be closed as the problem is now resolved.

Edited June 18, 2018 by ubonjoe
removed quote of a removed post and removed a unneeded comment.

[ubonjoe]

Topic closed at OP's request.