need help finding drawer roller hardware

[Soundguy]

Redoing the drawers in my parents house.

they have these custom made drawers they love.

On one of them, the roller nylon wheel with captive rollers died.

I'm not finding anything like these for sale.. anywhere.

all the replacemnt roller hardware that mount similar have the wheel inboard, not outboard.

Unit is a Grant, and is marked GRANT DR

Here is a pic of exactly what I have I found on the internet. apparently others are looking too!

 

[Soundguy]

note, bottom rght picture appears to be the other side matched unit.

Mine is like the bottom left / top right pictures

The way the cabinets are built, it will basically be a complete re engineer job to do different sliders .. I'm not looking forward to that, if I can just find a pack of these on the internet. Only need that one.. but at over? 25-30 ys old.. I'm sure another may go any time.

 

[bigtiller]

Have you tried Rockler? They have all the little stuff woodworkers need.

Shop by Catalog

 

[JRobyn]

I've had good luck finding little-known cabinetry parts at Custom Service Hardware. Their website is not the easiest to search; try giving them a call.

 

[Soundguy]

Have you tried Rockler? They have all the little stuff woodworkers need.

Shop by Catalog

I did, but they only have slides/rails, not rollers.

 

[Soundguy]

I've had good luck finding little-known cabinetry parts at Custom Service Hardware. Their website is not the easiest to search; try giving them a call.

yeah, without a part number, it's virtually impossible,, and trying to describe a roller to the call center seems about the same.

I see pics of these rollers all over the internet.. just can't find one for sale.

apparently plenty of others are looking for them too.

 

[DJ54]

Just doing a quick search, looks like Grant drawer slides are a division of Hettich. here is a link with Grant slides, directly from the company. https://www.hettich.com/us_EN/product/grantr-door-hardware.html

They even have a contact page: https://www.hettich.com/us_EN/services/contacts.html

Even better, Hettich America L.P. is located in Buford, Georgia.

Might be worth a shot to contact them by email, and ask if you can send a photo of the roller in question, and if they have them available. Or, just a quick phone call may answer your questions.

 

[Soundguy]

thanks, i'll give it a shot!

 

[xeriscope]

I'm replacing the drawers in my kitchen and they all use Grant rollers from the 1980s. Let me know if you still need hardware.

 

[WranglerX]

Did you look at sliding glass door rollers.... The come in all shapes and sizes some with ball bearing some without.... Might widen you field or search....

Dale

 

[Rod in Forfar]

Redoing the drawers in my parents house.

they have these custom made drawers they love.

On one of them, the roller nylon wheel with captive rollers died.

I'm not finding anything like these for sale.. anywhere.

all the replacemnt roller hardware that mount similar have the wheel inboard, not outboard.

Unit is a Grant, and is marked GRANT DR

Here is a pic of exactly what I have I found on the internet. apparently others are looking too!

View attachment 455616

Is there a drawer which is less-used than the knife drawer which (probably) failed? Why not do a swap as a temporary fix?

While you have the drawers apart, is the inner drawer 1" narrower than the face frame? If it is, you can buy any modern glide set (with all of the metal and ball bearings), and mount it to the side of the knife drawer for a generation of service life. You may have to retrofit some pine to the base cabinet to support the outside sections of the unit, though.

 

[poolshark333]

I'm replacing the drawers in my kitchen and they all use Grant rollers from the 1980s. Let me know if you still need hardware.

Do you still have these drawers? I do need several Grant roller hardware (DR and DL)..... thx!

 

[TPotter18]

I'm replacing the drawers in my kitchen and they all use Grant rollers from the 1980s. Let me know if you still need hardware.

Did you have the Grant DR and DL rollers?

 

[davedj1]

Redoing the drawers in my parents house.

they have these custom made drawers they love.

On one of them, the roller nylon wheel with captive rollers died.

I'm not finding anything like these for sale.. anywhere.

all the replacemnt roller hardware that mount similar have the wheel inboard, not outboard.

Unit is a Grant, and is marked GRANT DR

Here is a pic of exactly what I have I found on the internet. apparently others are looking too!

View attachment 455616

Do they fit into a track?
Look into bifold door hardware,t hey use similar rollers, perhaps you can replace just the roller with one of the bifold door ones?
That being said, have you looked at all the drawer slides available today? Could be fairly simple to use a new slide if you find the correct one. Good luck