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The Knape & Vogt 8455 series is an 18 inch side-mount ball bearing drawer slide that pairs soft-close damping with 1 inch of over-travel, finished in zinc for dependable indoor service. Sold in a bulk pack, it is sized for cabinet shops and contractors who need a smooth, quiet-closing slide that pushes the drawer past the cabinet face — all in a cost-effective, ready-to-install format.
Most standard full-extension slides stop at the cabinet face. The 8455 goes 1 inch further, which matters anywhere the drawer opening is partially obstructed — behind a countertop overhang, inside a deep face frame, or in a kitchen island where the drawer has to clear the frame before the back of the box is visible. Add soft-close damping to that over-travel action and the result is a drawer that opens far enough to be genuinely useful, then closes quietly without assistance. For kitchen remodels, renovation work, or production cabinet runs where the layout demands extra reach on the close side, this combination handles both problems in a single slide.
The 8455 series uses cold-formed steel members with a zinc electroplate finish. Zinc is the working standard for side-mount ball bearing slides in residential and light commercial cabinetry: it resists the humidity and incidental moisture common in kitchens and baths without adding the cost or appearance of a decorative finish. The slide sits beside the drawer box and is largely out of view in everyday use, so the finish is about function and longevity rather than aesthetics. This finish is intended for dry indoor environments.
The bulk-pack format targets cabinet shops, millwork operations, and contractors building or installing multiple drawer runs at once. A single drawer in a renovation calls for a polybag retail pair; a kitchen's worth of drawers calls for a bulk carton. The 18 inch length suits standard base cabinet drawer boxes, and the 1/2 inch side clearance per side is the same as the rest of the KV 8400-family side-mount line, so it drops into the same drawer-sizing workflow. Designers specifying handle-less fronts or layouts with overhang obstructions will find the over-travel feature resolves the clearance problem without requiring custom cabinet dimensions.
No. The soft-close damper slows and silences the final inch of closing travel, but it does not pull the drawer shut from an open position. Push the drawer to within the capture zone and the damper takes over from there.
No. 18 inches is the closed length of the slide. Because this is an over-travel model, the drawer member travels the full slide length plus 1 additional inch, clearing the cabinet face entirely and extending slightly beyond it.
No. The 8455 series is non-handed — each slide is identical and fits either side of the drawer box. Order one slide per side, two slides per drawer.
Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening to leave 1/2 inch of side clearance for each slide. This matches the standard clearance for the KV side-mount ball bearing line.
Yes. In face-frame construction the cabinet side is set back from the front frame, so the rear of the slide needs support. Add the appropriate KV rear mounting brackets, sold separately, to keep the slide level and stable.
When the drawer has to clear an overhang and close quietly, the 8455 series delivers both in a bulk-pack format built for shops that measure slides by the carton, not the pair.
Sold In: 10 Set
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Sold in: 1 Each |  KV8404-KIT Mfr# 8404B KIT | KV 8404 Front Face Frame Brackets, Zinc, 8404B KIT |
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Sold in: 1 Each |  KV8403 Mfr# 8403 | KV 8400 Rear Mounting Bracket, Zinc, 8403 |
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Sold in: 1 Each | KV8404-B Mfr# 8404B | KV 8404 Front Face Frame Brackets, Zinc, 8404B | ||||
Sold in: 1 Each | KV8404 Mfr# 8404 | KV 8404 Front Face Frame Brackets, Zinc, 8404 |
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Sold in: 10 Set |  KV8455FMB-16 Mfr# 8455FMB 16 | KV 8455 10-Pair Box 16" Soft-Close Side Mount Over-Travel 90 lb Ball Bearing Drawer Slide, Zinc, 8455FMB 16 | ||||
Sold in: 10 Set |  KV8455FMB-28 Mfr# 8455FMB 28 | KV 8455 10-Pair Box 28" Soft-Close Side Mount Over-Travel 90 lb Ball Bearing Drawer Slide, Zinc, 8455FMB 28 | ||||
Sold in: 10 Set |  KV8455FMB-26 Mfr# 8455FMB 26 | KV 8455 10-Pair Box 26" Soft-Close Side Mount Over-Travel 90 lb Ball Bearing Drawer Slide, Zinc, 8455FMB 26 | ||||
Sold in: 10 Set |  KV8455FMB-24 Mfr# 8455FMB 24 | KV 8455 10-Pair Box 24" Soft-Close Side Mount Over-Travel 90 lb Ball Bearing Drawer Slide, Zinc, 8455FMB 24 | ||||
Sold in: 10 Set |  KV8455FMB-22 Mfr# 8455FMB 22 | KV 8455 10-Pair Box 22" Soft-Close Side Mount Over-Travel 90 lb Ball Bearing Drawer Slide, Zinc, 8455FMB 22 | ||||
Sold in: 10 Set |  KV8450FMB-20 Mfr# 8450FMB 20 | KV 8455 10-Pair Box 20" Soft-Close Side Mount Full Extension 90 lb Ball Bearing Drawer Slide, Zinc, 8450FMB 20 |
