The push-latch method has you push a button to trigger a latch that separates slide members. Push a button that triggers a latch and disconnects the slide’s drawer member from the cabinet member. The push-latch disconnect is another simple method. You can find lever disconnects on many light- and medium-duty slides, such as the Accuride 3932. Push up or down on a lever to separate a slide’s inner (drawer) member from the outer (cabinet) member. The lever-disconnect method is perhaps the most common on slides. The lever disconnect has a lock-out or stop-out feature useful with pull-out trays in workstations. Push up or down on a spring-loaded lever on the slide's inner member (also called the “drawer member') to disconnect. The Accuride 2006, often used on pencil drawers, is an example of a friction-disconnect slide. This easy disconnect method suits slides with load ratings under 50 pounds, such as those in bathrooms and small tool drawers. You find this type of disconnect in small light-duty slides.

Drawers equipped with friction-disconnect slides only need you to pull a drawer far enough to separate the slide members. The Accuride 2006 is an example of a drawer slide with a friction disconnect design. Expect some resistance from the ball retainers at the end, but that is by design. Pull the drawer far enough to separate it from the cabinet, and the adjoined slide members will disconnect. The friction method is the simplest to disconnect. In this blog, we’ll identify four types of disconnects, how they work, and which Accuride models you can find them in. How you remove a drawer depends on the slides underpinning it.Įvery drawer slide has a method to disconnect its members so you can remove drawers safely and conveniently. You will have to remove a drawer from its cabinet at some point.

Ikea cabinet drawer slides