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Hi, I'm James with JNC Home Repair, today I'm going to show you how to repair a drawer
that has a problem opening or you could say a problem sticking or something. It's a common
problem in the kitchen and it's usually a real simple problem to fix. The basic idea
behind a drawer is usually it has a wheel that's mounted on the back of it, it may be
mounted on the side, some of them have tracks on either side. I believe the problem we have
today there's actually a little wheel that's mounted on the back of it and it fits in a
track and that little bracket that the wheel's attached to, needs to be fastened securely
so it won't be wobbling around. If it's wobbling around and it's not staying where it's supposed
to be, then the wheel, that's going back and forth in the track, when you try to open and
close it, it's not going to work right, it's going to get in bind or it's going to get
caught up and you're going to be yanking on it. The more this keeps going on, the more
you keep fighting with it, the more struggling with it, it's just going to cause more damage.
You're going to either damage the track or something else later so it's better off just
to go ahead pull your drawer out, take a look at the bracket, take a look at the wheel,
make sure that that's functioning properly. If that's not the problem, then you need to
move further to the actual drawer slide or the track. We're going to go ahead and pull
the drawer out and we're going to take a look. First thing you want to do is you want to
go ahead and remove the drawer. See, it's already kind of in a bind now, it doesn't
want to come out. This particular model, right here, you just go ahead and pull the drawer
out and you just lift it and the drawer comes out. Go ahead and empty your contents out
of your drawer, we'll go ahead and take a look at the back of the drawer and sure enough,
this thing's loose. It's a very common problem, all you're going to need is a Philip's head
screwdriver on this one, some of them may be a flathead screw but this one, in particular,
it a Philip's head screw and all you need to do is just tighten these screws down, get
this thing secure, and that'll allow this to stay still and the wheel will be able to
operate freely on the track, back and forth. So, we're going to go ahead and take a Philip's
head screwdriver and we're going to go ahead and tighten these down, back in place. If
you'll notice, on the bracket itself, there's some little tabs and you want those tabs just
right on the bottom face of the back of the drawer. That's going to help keep it in line,
that's going to help keep it straight and leveled because if it's cockeyed or turned
one way or the other, then the wheel is not going to be perfectly straight and it's not
going to operate freely in the track. So, you just make sure that those tabs are flushed
down, tighten down your screws, like so. And this happens all the time, just a lot of wear
and tear, a lot of opening and closing and then time, pulling on it, it actually just
works the screws free, works them lose and you just need to go back in and just tighten
them up every now and then. It wouldn't even hurt to just go through your whole kitchen
and do this. Once you've got them tight, that bracket is secure, wheels functioning properly,
you go ahead, take your wheel, drop it back down in your track, slide it in, and voila,
no sticking.