How To Fix A Dresser Drawer

Using gorilla glue dab the parts that are loose and clamp into place and let dry for 24 hours.

How to fix a dresser drawer. Then matt cut the dovetails off the back of each side. Dresser drawers have plastic stoppers built into the slide or drawer bottom to prevent the drawer from falling out. The first step to this furniture repair project is to take off the two remaining sides of the drawer. The best thing to do is to look at the other drawer slides that are still in tact and reattach the broken one in the same way.

Inspect this area to make sure the nails are in place and add some new nails if they are missing. If this worked great. Lift up on the drawer as you pull it out removing it at an angle. When the drawer glides smoothly tighten the screws to hold the track in place.

This one was reattached with a small nail on each end and some wood glue in all the right places. He left the dovetails on the front because we had the front of the drawer. Almost all drawers can overcome this safety device with a firm pull. When the inner drawer guide is loose the drawer won t guide in straight and sit flush.

If the drawer rubs sticks or is too tight loosen the screws and tap the drawer or track up down or to the left or right as needed and test it again. Discard any broken pieces of drawer. If necessary jiggle the drawer slightly from side to side to help it break free of the tracks such as if one side has fallen out. I think you could probably use some pieces of quarter round molding or shoe molding as long as it isn t wider than the distance between the bottom of the drawer and the outer edge of the frame.

This one will work on the front and back to back up drawer dadoes but because this dresser s drawer slides have a bit of this built in for the sides this won t work on the side pieces. One part stays on the bottom of the drawer and the other part is attached inside the dresser guiding in the drawer. But there are a few tricks on how to remove dresser drawer with center metal slide. Fix a broken drawer front if a drawer s front panel is about to fall off remove that solid piece of the drawer by taking out the screws with a screwdriver or a drill.

Many of these drawers only have small nails holding the drawer bottom to the backside of the drawer. The key to smooth pulling drawers is to know how to use the adjusting screws located in oval holes on the tracks.