Review on Shop Fox D3031 18-Inch Full Ext Drawer Slide 100-Pound Capacity Side Mount, Pair by Keith Bradley

First, this is partly my fault. Normally I buy KV brand slides. Because of that instead of hunting for them on Revain I just went to my list of purchases and typed in "Slides" in the search. The slides I have purchased in the past popped up. I clicked on one of them and it took me to the slides that I bought the last time. This time I needed 26" slides so I clicked on the box offering the various sizes. I verified that I was ordering 26" slides and added them to my cart. I didn't pay attention that the brand had changed to "Shop Fox" so that's what I bought. UGH!When I first opened the package I realized that there were no screws. Not that big of a deal, I have plenty so let's move on. There are no instructions so if you are an inexperienced installer, that may be a slight hinderence. Next up I took them apart and installed them on the drawers and cabinet. When I went to slide the draw box in the drawer on the right gave me a hard time. I built the cabinet and was positive my measurements were accurate but hey, let's double check. Cabinet dimensions are the same for both drawers and draw boxes were the same for both. WTF? I switched drawers and again the right side would not slide in. It would enter the opening on the rails but stopped ½ way. I didn't get it. There are no screw heads in the way and the openings were correct. After an inspection of the slides I removed the cabinet half of the slides, swapped the openings and reinstalled them. Now the left drawer wouldn't go in. I took the left slides out and tried to slide them onto the drawers. Aha! One of the slides themselves was the problem. As I removed the cabinet part of slide from the drawer box I heard the sound of ball bearings hitting the floor and bouncing in every direction, then the retainer plate hitting the floor. That's just great. I recovered all but one ball bearing. I put the slide back together and reinstalled it with one bearing missing. I carefully reinserted the drawer and it has been working. I'm going to leave it alone for the time being but I'm certain that one day I'll hear my wife tell me "The drawer in the laundry cabinet is stuck and I can't move it. Save yourself a ton of grief. Be careful and buy KV's.