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The Knape & Vogt C-302 is a left-hand, screw-on rear mounting socket that supports the back end of a drawer slide in face-frame cabinet installations where the cabinet side does not extend fully to the face.
Face-frame cabinets present a structural gap that frameless builds do not: the cabinet side is set back from the face, leaving the rear of the slide without a surface to fasten to. A rear mounting socket fills that role, giving the slide a secure anchor point at the back of the cabinet. Without it, the slide's rear end is unsupported, which leads to racking, poor drawer alignment, and premature wear. This left-hand socket installs on the left side of the cabinet opening, and its right-hand counterpart handles the opposite side. Order both orientations for every drawer opening.
The socket is molded in plastic, which keeps weight low and avoids scratching the cabinet interior during installation. For standard residential and light-commercial face-frame drawer applications, the material is well suited to the support role a rear socket plays — carrying the slide's position rather than bearing the drawer's dynamic load directly. The screw-on design means no press-fit holes are required; standard screw locations in the rear of the cabinet are sufficient.
Cabinet shops building face-frame lines reach for this socket as a standard component on every drawer opening, and it ships in a box of 500 to keep pace with production volume. Contractors retrofitting drawer slides into existing face-frame casework also rely on it when the original rear support hardware is missing or damaged. If you are specifying KV 1805 series slides for a face-frame project, this socket is the correct rear support — not a substitute from another series or brand.
Two — one left-hand and one right-hand. This listing covers the left-hand socket only. Order the matching right-hand version separately to complete each opening.
It is designed for the KV 1805 series. Rear mounting sockets are series-specific, so do not assume it fits other KV lines or slides from other manufacturers without confirming the match.
No. In a frameless cabinet the slide mounts directly to the full-height cabinet side panel, so no rear socket is required. This socket is a face-frame installation component.
The socket fastens with screws driven through its mounting holes into the rear of the cabinet. No press-fit boring or CNC template is required — a standard screwdriver or drill is enough.
Skipping or mismatching the rear socket is the most common cause of misaligned drawers in face-frame builds — getting this detail right from the start saves adjustment time on every cabinet in the run.
Sold In: 1 Each
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Sold in: 1 Each |  KV1805-401R Mfr# C-302-01 | KV C-302 Rear Mounting Socket, Right Hand, C-302-01 |