Bob Landry
06-12-2011, 01:00 PM
I'm currently rebuilding the drawer supports on my new Outback. This looks like a common practice for Keystone, so it may be worth looking into regardless of which trailer you have.
What initially brought my attention to this was after the first trilp, one of the drawers flopped around when I opened it. The support for the drwer slide assenbly had pulled apart. The photo shows a small block of 1/2' plywood with the metal drawer rail attached to one side and a horizontal piece also attached to it. The original consists of a piece of 1/8" scrap Luan attached to the end of the horizontal piece with half a dozen staples. There was one screw located in the center of the horizontal brace and that allowed the whole assembly to rock side to side. There is no way that staple job would have held up. It just doesn't take much movement to pull staples through 1/8" luan plywood. Come on, Keystone, did you really think it would hold? I replaced the luan with a piece of 1/2" plywood and fastened everything together with screws. When I put it back in, I aded an additional screw on the horizontal piece to prevent it from rocking. A $.02 scew put in when they installed the drawer slides would have prevented this.
The photo shows the mounting for the utensil drawer under the pantry in my 277RL. The yellow circles show all that was securing the drawer slide. One screw held the side piece to the cabinet wall, while the rear horizontal support also had a single screw that allowed it to pivot side to side. I had already replaced the luan when I took the photo. So, the L-shaped support allowed it to rock front to back while the single screw in the horizontal drawer slide support allowed it to teeter side to side. After securing the L-support to the cabinet wall, I pocket-holed the back piece to the bottom of the space so it can't move at all. I still have the drawer slide supports in the bedroom dresser to do, but it's getting there.
http://www.keystoneforums.com/attachments/photobucket/img_14633_0_a4b2527cbd046397ba681554efaf51c5.jpg
What initially brought my attention to this was after the first trilp, one of the drawers flopped around when I opened it. The support for the drwer slide assenbly had pulled apart. The photo shows a small block of 1/2' plywood with the metal drawer rail attached to one side and a horizontal piece also attached to it. The original consists of a piece of 1/8" scrap Luan attached to the end of the horizontal piece with half a dozen staples. There was one screw located in the center of the horizontal brace and that allowed the whole assembly to rock side to side. There is no way that staple job would have held up. It just doesn't take much movement to pull staples through 1/8" luan plywood. Come on, Keystone, did you really think it would hold? I replaced the luan with a piece of 1/2" plywood and fastened everything together with screws. When I put it back in, I aded an additional screw on the horizontal piece to prevent it from rocking. A $.02 scew put in when they installed the drawer slides would have prevented this.
The photo shows the mounting for the utensil drawer under the pantry in my 277RL. The yellow circles show all that was securing the drawer slide. One screw held the side piece to the cabinet wall, while the rear horizontal support also had a single screw that allowed it to pivot side to side. I had already replaced the luan when I took the photo. So, the L-shaped support allowed it to rock front to back while the single screw in the horizontal drawer slide support allowed it to teeter side to side. After securing the L-support to the cabinet wall, I pocket-holed the back piece to the bottom of the space so it can't move at all. I still have the drawer slide supports in the bedroom dresser to do, but it's getting there.
http://www.keystoneforums.com/attachments/photobucket/img_14633_0_a4b2527cbd046397ba681554efaf51c5.jpg