🔩 Durable Plastic Dowels for Hinges (70.0532), 100-Pack: 8.6mm x 10.6mm Review

Worked great! I wish they were easier to find, but that's not a criticism of the product - I just had no idea how to find them.

Bought to fill a hole in a closet wall so I can put a screw in it. I thought I ordered the wrong size but it turned out to be perfect (I had to hammer in the dowels but that should ensure adequate strength).

I waited a few months before posting a review to see if they helped. Now and again the closet doors loosened, one tried in vain with the wood filling. I've had these plugs installed for several months now with no problems and they wouldn't let go of the doors. Highly recommended.

For 17 years new European hinges were fitted to the cabinet door, the threaded inserts began to loosen and fall out. They are easy to fix! Just take them out or use pliers to remove them from the screw that fell off and put new ones in the hole on the cabinet door. Ready!

Part somehow failed. Unfortunately I used a drill to not make the hole deep enough for the hinge plate to sit flush with the door. I was afraid to punch a hole in the door. my fault I was supposed to use a Forstner nozzle or a pointed nozzle, but I was too impatient to wait as I didn't have the right size at home.

So I bought kitchen cabinet doors with pre-drilled holes, but for some strange reason the soft close hinges sold at Home Depot don't come with dowels. The <i>not</i> switches close, but the ones I wanted don't close. Who knows why. So I bought these dowels and that solved the problem. The only thing that confuses me is that they didn't fit at first; I had to use a drill to widen the holes a bit before I could hammer them in with a couple of hammer blows. Maybe because I painted the…