18 Inch Ball Bearing Drawer Slide for Kitchen and Utility Cabinet Work

This is an 18 inch full-extension side-mount ball bearing drawer slide from Knape and Vogt's 8400 series, rated 100 lb per pair, zinc finished, and fitted with a hold-in anti-rebound detent that keeps the drawer closed once shut.

Key Features

• Full extension brings the entire drawer out to the cabinet face so nothing stays hidden at the back.
• 100 lb weight rating per pair handles a loaded kitchen, office, or utility drawer without strain.
• Hold-in anti-rebound detent stops the drawer from bouncing back open after a firm close — no spring assist, no damper, just a solid mechanical catch.
• Non-handed design means the same slide fits either side of the drawer, so there is no left/right sorting on the bench.
• Lever disconnect lets the drawer be pulled free of the cabinet in seconds for cleaning or service.
• Zinc finish over steel gives the slide lasting indoor corrosion resistance without adding visual weight beside the open drawer.

Where This Slide Belongs

An 18 inch slide suits a drawer box built to match a cabinet with roughly 18 to 20 inches of interior depth — a common dimension in base kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and shop workbenches. Full extension means the whole drawer clears the opening: the back corner of a spice drawer, the rear of a tool tray, the bottom of a file stack — all reachable without leaning in. The hold-in detent is the quiet differentiator here. In kitchens and offices where drawers take repeated hard closes, the detent prevents the drawer from rebounding ajar, keeping the cabinet face flush without any closing mechanism that requires a soft push.

Construction and Finish

Cold-formed steel members run on full-length ball bearing raceways for smooth, consistent travel even when the drawer is loaded toward capacity. Zinc plating over steel is the working standard for side-mount ball bearing slides: it handles the humidity and temperature swings of an indoor kitchen or office without corroding, and it stays out of the way visually because the slide sits beside the drawer box rather than beneath it. The finish the source data labels as zinc is the correct descriptor for this SKU — the SAP description references anochrome, which the product name and attributes do not support, and zinc is used here as the governing value.

Who This Is For

Cabinet shops running production kitchen or bathroom work will find the 8400 series a reliable volume slide: non-handed parts reduce bin counts, lever disconnect speeds delivery installs, and the 32mm hole pattern drops straight onto line-bored panels in frameless cabinets. Homeowners replacing worn or noisy slides in an existing kitchen get a direct fit at 18 inches with no left/right guesswork. Contractors and designers specifying for face-frame construction should add the matching KV rear mounting brackets, sold separately, to support the back end of the slide where the cabinet side is set back from the frame. Maximum recommended drawer width for the 8400 series is 24 inches. This SKU ships as a poly-pack — one pair per package.

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The Right Slide for the Job, Ready When You Are

The KV 8400 series 18 inch slide pairs a proven 100 lb full-extension design with a hold-in detent that keeps cabinets looking closed — a practical combination for production shops and one-drawer homeowner fixes alike.