The lower cabinet has some damage to the bracket and the siderail. I bought the game knowing this was a minor issue that I would have to address. I removed the head, and then the brackets. The bent bracket was easily straightened in the vice with two pieces of steel clamped together. As good as new.








Siderail replacement

This it a straightforward process. It does take time, and it can be messy. First you need a hair dryer, and a metal scraper or ruler. Place the hair dryer on hot over the siderail and insert the scraper under the siderail and push up against the melting glue. Move to the next section etc etc. The siderail should simply fall off once you have travelled from one side to the other. The adhesive residue will remain on either the siderail or the cabinet. If you are lucky, most will remain on the siderail. Clean up the reside on the cabinet with Orange Solvent, De-Solvit or anything OTHER than Goof Off. Finally, clean the section with Metho on a rag. Great time to completely clean the cabinet with Nifti !

Here's the results on one side of the Cabinet ;





Preparing the new Siderails.

In the photo below, there is a set of siderails with the correct adhesive strip (green), the incorrect adhesive strip (white) and the bottom siderail is the other white adhesive siderail with the adhesive strip removed and the correct (red) adhesive applied. The white adhesive is the incorrect thickness and has limited coverage. I bought the correct thickness adhesive strip from pinrestore.com.








Removal of the thicker and cheap adhesive was easily done with Orange Solvent and a knife. I used a scotchbrite to remove the residue. Here's a picture comparing the thickness of the adhesive strips. The white adhesive is twice as thick, and there's still some residue on the siderail ! This causes problems with the head bracket scraping on the siderail - it is just too thick.





Next step - Installing the new siderails.