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The Knape & Vogt 8505 series 14 inch over-travel ball bearing file drawer slide is a 150 lb class side-mount slide designed for file and heavy storage drawers where the cabinet depth is limited but full rear access still matters. It travels 1 inch past full extension, pulling the drawer clear of overhanging countertops and deep face frames even in a shorter cabinet run.
File drawers under worktops and in compact cabinets share a common problem: full extension gets the drawer to the cabinet face, but an inch of countertop overhang or a thick face frame still puts the rear hanging files out of easy reach. The 8505's 1 inch over-travel solves that gap. It is the same reason the 8505 is the right call over the standard full-extension 8500 any time a worktop, appliance garage, or island overhangs the drawer opening. At 14 inches, this slide length suits compact pedestal file cabinets, shallow utility drawers, and under-desk file pulls where the full 18 or 22 inch versions would exceed the available interior depth.
The 8505 series is built on cold-rolled steel members with a zinc finish, the working standard for indoor side-mount ball bearing slides. Zinc protects the steel through years of daily cycling without adding visual bulk — the slide sits beside the open drawer rather than beneath it, so the finish is functional rather than decorative. The hold-in anti-rebound detent is mechanical: no spring, no damper, just a positive catch that keeps the drawer where it is put. This is not soft-close and it is not self-close; it is a stay-closed feature for drawers that carry enough weight to rebound off a firm close.
Specify the 8505 14 inch when three conditions come together: the drawer carries more than a standard 100 lb cabinet slide should handle, the install depth limits the slide to 14 inches, and the finished opening has a counter or face-frame element that eats into usable drawer reach. Office furniture shops building compact pedestal units, cabinet makers fitting file pulls under kitchen islands, and contractors replacing worn slides in existing shallow pedestals will all find this the correct specification. It ships as a bulk pack, so volume orders for a multi-drawer pedestal or a run of office units arrive ready to pull from the carton.
No. Fourteen inches is the closed slide length. Because this is an over-travel slide, the drawer member extends approximately the full 14 inches plus an additional 1 inch past that — the drawer travels farther than the slide is long.
The 8500 is full extension only, stopping at the cabinet face. The 8505 adds 1 inch of over-travel, carrying the drawer past the face so it clears overhanging countertops and thick face frames. Both are rated in the 150 lb class. Choose the 8505 wherever the opening has any overhang.
No. The hold-in anti-rebound detent is a mechanical catch that keeps the drawer from bouncing back open after a firm close. It does not slow the drawer on the way in and it does not pull the drawer shut. For damped closing, you would need a soft-close model — which is a separate slide, not this one.
Yes, with the appropriate rear mounting brackets. Side-mount slides in face-frame cabinets need rear support because the cabinet side is set back from the face frame. Add the matching KV rear mounting brackets, sold separately, to complete the face-frame installation.
Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening — the 8505 requires 1/2 inch of side clearance per slide, one on each side of the box.
When depth is constrained but the drawer still needs to clear the overhang and carry file weight, the 14 inch 8505 covers all three requirements in one bulk-packed pair.
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