Whirlpool WP61002308 Refrigerator Drawer Roller Mounting Screw OEM Part

Popping the old draw glides off was the toughest part of the job, ad even that was fairly easy, once I noticed the little retaining tabs near the front of the drawer. Pushed in on the tabs, while pushing back on the drawer glide rail and it popped right off. One minor problem I did note: When the rollers were installed on the shoulder screws, they would not turn. One roller just had a burr around the inside edge of the hole. The other the entire bore was a bit undersized, creating a snug fit. I used a 15/64" drill bit to open up the holes a bit - didn't even put the bit n a drill, just twisted it through by hand and ran it back and forth a few times. This allowed the rollers to spin freely on the shaft. (I supposes a round file might accomplish the same thing, if you had one small enough - like one used to sharpen a chainsaw.) One tip: the Phillips head screws look as though they would take a #1 Phillips screw driver, but this would not grab the screws for me. A #2 Phillips worked well, if the bit was in very good condition (not chewed up). Entire process took about 30 minutes total to do the drawer glides on both sides. It would have taken only 15 if I had not had to find my drill bits and ream out the holes in the rollers.

Ordered a new rail with roller and screw. Only problem was they said I hadn't ordered the roller and screw and I thought sure I had. I then had to reorder the roller and screw and pay another shipping fee so it made it a little pricey. The repair itself was easy so it was worth it in the end.

Ordered rail, roller & screw roller from appliance parts pro. Went to the work and when I came back parts were waiting. No seriously, it wasn't that fast but they arrived super fast like 3 days. The rail slides back so I just tapped it gently to remove it. There's a tiny locking tab that it helps to push in. Assembled the roller and screw roller on the slide. This was the hardest part. The screw hole is NOT pre threaded and the screw roller has a very shallow channel for the Philips screw driver. I had to use a special Philips screwdriver to start the screw roller into the hole and then had to use a small flat head to finish up. You can just feel that the screw wants to go in crooked and crack the brand new rail. It should be pre threaded. After installing the screw & roller, the slide is very easy to reinstall.

I ordered the left-hand rail for the drawer, plus the screw and the roller. The “left hand” is determined by opening the frig and peering inward, the rail on the drawer I needed was the one on my left. Pretty obvious until you start to think about it too much! Anyway, I noticed some complaints about the screw being tough to thread into the plastic roller for mounting because it was not “pre-threaded” and because the Phillips head provided was a tough fit for a normal Phillips #2 screwdriver. So I used a regular small drywall screw I had in a junk drawer and gently drove it into the wheel to accomplish a pre threading without stripping the original screw. Once I did this, the factory screw went right in. The whole job took 5 minutes.

Bought the replacement Rails a Roller and Screw.