“Can the metal dividers in the Flex Zone drawer be removed?”
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Yes! I removed them and it has improved the drawer space immensely! 1. Empty contents of the drawer. 2. Open the drawer and lift up on each side to take out the white plastic insert - the “guts” of the drawer. 3. Set it upside down on a flat surface and you will see that the border around the top (which is now on the bottom as it is upside down) is clipped on. It needs to be removed so that you can pull out the annoying rods. So, I used several flat head screw drivers and very very carefully kept going around as there are many clips - carefully pry them until you can get that border piece separated. Once separates, place the top border piece aside and now you need a Phillips screw driver to unscrew the bolt in each corner that has the plastic track that the rods run on. Unscrew them, lift the track up and jimmy the rod pieces out. Replace the plastic track that goes all around and rescrew. Now get that top trim piece back and carefully coax it over the drawer again. ...you just have to be super careful with unclipping and reclipping the top trim of the drawer, so don’t rush it and use several flat head screw drivers. Very doable with some patience and very worth it.it might help if you let the drawer come to room temp as the plastic will be more malleable. I just loaded my stuff back into the drawer and it is way way better!!! Sorry, I don’t take any pics as I was doing it, I didn’t know of it would work, but when you pull the white bucket of the drawer out and turn it upside down I think it will make sense. Worth the effort.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes! Yes! Yes! It can be removed. We have had this unit for 12 years and hated the spreader bars. They really reduce the useful capacity of the deli drawer. And no--we have tried every way imaginable and we have NOT found a way to store them "to of the way". Bad design. Somebody above already answered this question how to removed them. Their directions are spot on. Remove the drawer. Flip it upside down and careful go around the edges and unclip the unit. TAKE YOUR TIME and go slow. Then remove the slider assembly by removing the 4 Philip head screws in the corner. CAREFULLY snap the unit back together again. Make a note which way the drawer aligns in your unit (side air holes to the front) because if you return the drawer to unit backwards the drawer does not sit correctly. Many thanks to the poster above with the instructions. WE HATED the drawer design and we lost a lot of space. Those bars are a pain in the neck.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.1 - pull inner tray out of flex drawer 2 - turn it upside down on flat surface and investigate the tabs all around joining the two layers of the tray; make sure to label both layers of the tray to correctly join them back together later and to reposition tray correctly into the drawer afterwards. For instance, I labeled the back side of the drawer on both layers of the inner tray (see pictures) 3 - I only have a couple of flat screwdrivers so I also used a few jam/butter spreaders to help push multiple tabs; someone mentioned letting the tray come to room temperature first, that indeed helps 4 - gently go around the tray releasing the tabs in sequence and separate the two layers 5 - my tray did not have any screws that other contributors mentioned; the metal dividers were just loosely sitting between those plastic layers 6 - so I just had to lift the metal dividers up to remove them; easy-peasy 7 - flip the bottom layer on top of the top layer (upside down tray) making sure those labeled side are aligned 8 - the first long edge is easy, just work and slide the edge of the deep layer under the tabs of the frame layer 9 - now the remaining three edges will need snapped back in; I found that lifting the tray up to sit vertically on the counter made it easier to go around snapping tab by tab (sequentially) back into place 10 - just gently press both layers together at each tab to snap them back Result - roomier drawer, no clumsy dividers, much better use of drawer space Thank you, previous contributors, for your instructions. They really helped me.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Many thanks to Anonymous for the great instructions for removing the Annoying Dividers. Your post is clear and easy to follow!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.the instructions the other people have given work great - very easy to do. Mine didn't have any philips head screws to unscrew to release the bars - once I got the plastic edging off it just came out. Great to have those stupid bars out of the way
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No, but can be positioned completely out of the way.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Thanks for your interest in the RF24FSEDBSR. The Smart Divider in the Flex Zone Drawer cannot be removed. - Ms. Samsung
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. The metal divider can be removed. It also has a center bar which allows you to slide it if you don't want a 50/50 split of the drawer. I keep lemons/limes on smaller side and all the fruit on larger side. It's really easy to do. And it keeps things separated however you wish. I love that drawer.
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