Zinc Ball Bearing Drawer Slide Built for Tight Overhead Clearances

The Knape and Vogt 8405 series is a 14 inch side-mount ball bearing drawer slide in a bright zinc finish, rated 100 lb per pair, with 1 inch of over-travel that carries the drawer past full extension so the back of the box clears countertop overhangs and deep face frames. If a standard full-extension slide leaves the rear of a shallow drawer pinned behind a worktop lip, this is the slide that solves it.

Key Features

• 1 inch over-travel — the drawer member travels one inch past the slide's nominal length, clearing overhangs where a plain full-extension slide cannot.
• 100 lb load rating per pair — sized for loaded kitchen, office, and shop drawers in the standard duty class.
• Hold-in anti-rebound detent — a mechanical catch keeps the drawer closed and stops it from bouncing back open after a firm push.
• Steel ball bearings in full-length raceways — smooth, consistent travel under load across the full slide length.
• Non-handed design — both slides in the pair are identical; no left-right sorting on the bench.
• Bright zinc finish — standard indoor corrosion protection that blends with natural wood and light-colored cabinet interiors.

Where Over-Travel Makes the Difference

A standard full-extension slide brings the drawer to the cabinet face and stops there. In a cabinet installed under a countertop overhang or behind a thick face frame, that means the rearmost inch or two of the drawer is still blocked by the overhanging material. The 8405 pushes past that point by one inch, bringing items stored at the back into reach without rebuilding the cabinet or relocating the box. This is a practical fit for utility drawers under workbenches, drawers beneath kitchen counters with a deep nosing, and anywhere a 14 inch box sits directly below a structural overhang.

Materials and Finish

Cold-formed steel members carry the load through the ball-bearing raceways, and the bright zinc plating provides the corrosion resistance expected from an indoor cabinet slide. Zinc is a functional finish — it protects the steel through years of daily cycles and stays out of view beside the open drawer box. This is not a decorative or stainless finish; it is the segment's working standard and the right call for natural wood interiors and light-colored melamine cabinets where a stark black or white slide would stand out unnecessarily.

Who This Slide Is For

The 8405 series at 14 inches suits shorter drawer boxes — typically 12 to 14 inch deep boxes in base cabinets, bathroom vanities, and workbench lower cabinets where the cabinet interior depth makes a longer slide impractical. The 100 lb rating per pair covers the realistic load range for these applications: a full set of hand tools, stacked files, or a heavy pull-out shelf. Cabinet shops running shallow-box programs under overhanging surfaces will find this a direct drop-in over a standard full-extension slide with the added benefit of the detent and over-travel. Each poly-pack contains one pair with mounting hardware included, priced for volume orders on multiple drawers.

The Right Slide When Overhead Space Is the Constraint

One inch of over-travel is a small number with a practical payoff: the back of the drawer becomes reachable in situations where a standard slide leaves it blocked. Pair that with a hold-in detent, a 100 lb rating, and a zinc finish that suits the widest range of wood and laminate interiors, and the 8405 handles the common shallow-cabinet-under-overhang scenario without compromise.