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Sliding storage drawer release... How?

Since I have removed the propane tank temporarily while finishing the bottom skin on our coach, I've pulled out the sliding cargo tray/drawer from the street side storage compartment in preparation to moving it to the curbside propane compartment where I feel will be more useful in the case of some on the side of the road emergency type event. My measurements indicate that there is just barely enough room for this tray to clear the door trim and the propane tank when it's installed. I know how I'm going to mount it, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to release the drawer slides from the frame. I'm well-versed in how most of these things work, but there are no levers or spring tabs to push on to release these drawer slides from the frame that I can find. Has anybody accomplish this? I've seen pictures of this same set up and many of our coaches, so I know they're fairly common but couldn't find anything removing the sliding tray part from the frame. This unit is quite heavy and difficult to manage with the drawer part intact, so I'm just wondering if it is possible to remove it otherwise I'm going to have to rig some sort of support while installing.
Don
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Don & Tys
1999 U270 3602 WTFE #5402
Xtreme Stage 1 w/Headlight, Step Conversion, etc.
2009 Honda Fit Sport with Navi
Freedom is NOT "just another word for nothing left to lose"... with apologies to Kris Kristofferson

Re: Sliding storage drawer release... How?

Reply #1 –
I removed/replaced mine when replacing the generator fuel hoses.
There was no way to remove the drawer from the slide rails, so it just required brute force.
Wyatt
96 U320 40 WTFE, build 4943
84 Toyota Supra towd
2015 Jeep Wrangler towd
Victoria, BC, Canada

Re: Sliding storage drawer release... How?

Reply #2 –
Thanks Wyatt,
That's what I was afraid of... ::)
Don
Quote from: P. Wyatt Sabourin –
I removed/replaced mine when replacing the generator fuel hoses.
There was no way to remove the drawer from the slide rails, so it just required brute force.
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Don & Tys
1999 U270 3602 WTFE #5402
Xtreme Stage 1 w/Headlight, Step Conversion, etc.
2009 Honda Fit Sport with Navi
Freedom is NOT "just another word for nothing left to lose"... with apologies to Kris Kristofferson

Re: Sliding storage drawer release... How?

Reply #3 –
On mine, the drawer is pop riveted to the slide. The slide is pop riveted to the case.  The case is screwed to metal tubing that is fastened to the overhead by means I can't see or feel.

Re: Sliding storage drawer release... How?

Reply #4 –
Kerry,
It sounds like yours and ours is the same set up. The drawer frame is secured to the metal crossbars via torx T30 screws. The crossbars are in turn screwed to the frame in the basement/main coach Floor framing with the 4 more of the  same T30 torx screws which happen to be self tapping 1/4"/20 thread. You can't see these four screws until you take the drawer down and even then you can't see the screwheads, only the holes by which they are countersunk in that framing. These crossbars were also stuck on with some superstrong double stick tape, possibly the 3M stuff, just in case you ever decide you want to remove the thing and move it somewhere else.
Don
Quote from: Bob McGee –
On mine, the drawer is pop riveted to the slide. The slide is pop riveted to the case.  The case is screwed to metal tubing that is fastened to the overhead by means I can't see or feel.
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Don & Tys
1999 U270 3602 WTFE #5402
Xtreme Stage 1 w/Headlight, Step Conversion, etc.
2009 Honda Fit Sport with Navi
Freedom is NOT "just another word for nothing left to lose"... with apologies to Kris Kristofferson