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The face of my cabinets are supported by these pieces. The drawers (which are suspended on the front) were overloaded and the clips broke. What is this part called so I know what to search for? I've tried looking online but there is no part number and I don't know what to search for.

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Update: here's a picture of a intact brackets installed, and how they relate to the front of the cabinet and the drawers. The front of the drawer rail is supported on the face of the cabinet. The face of the cabinet is attached to the side with a dozen or so of the clips in question.

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rartorata
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I don't think that is a shelf pin. Those are the brackets that were used to put the RTA (Ready To Assemble) cabinets together. Many contractors won't use glue, but I did in my own assembly.

Evil Elf
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It looks rather similar to a Häfele Cabinet connector, Uno I, with pre-mounted special screw:

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(Image from https://www.hafele.com/INTERSHOP/static/WFS/Haefele-HAC-Site/-/Haefele/en_US/pim/images/huge/ppic-00605623.jpg.)

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Look for the metal version, called a Shelf Support or Shelf Pin. There's a version that has a hole in it for attachment. 5 mm and 1/4" are the usual pin sizes.

I have these plastic parts in my cabinets at home. They look like ultra-cheap attachment for the perimeter of the front face (the edges) to the sides of the box.

Honestly, you'd get a better attachment by switching to a small, two-hole angle bracket (corner brace). The only drawback is you'd have to move it away from the peg hole and drill two new pilot holes for the screws, which are likely too close to the corner to fit a drill. I suspect the cabinet face was pre-drilled before assembly. If the front face is completely detached, I would suggest getting a set of small corner braces instead of the shelf pins, and adding some wood glue where the surfaces meet up.

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Can you show us a photo of one still installed?

Shelf pin with provision for a fixing screw is my guess. You may not be able to match it, but you can get a set of four shelf pins for the same size hole (there are only a few common sizes) and replace the other as well. Probably with something much prettier and stronger; that one was designed to be cheap, not good.

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