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I was working on building this drawer by FOTOSOK I had ordered from amazon.

and in the instruction booklet on page 11 step 12 there is a mysterious step which I don't understand the purpose of. I have attached a photo below:

enter image description here Basically it involves adding 4 small plastic studs (photo below) to the back of the drawer.

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The instructions don't appear to indicate any clear lines/landmarks to align the studs to. And they never get mentioned later in the manual after insertion. It seems I can skip this step without affecting any other steps so I want to know what exactly is the purpose of this. Is it just some kind of reinforcement? Is there some obvious alignment of the pegs that I have missed?

Edit, the image (1) is the “back” of the entire built dresser. The studs are inserted into a flat panel that is the back of the dresser. The studs don’t have a name in the parts list.

keshlam
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These are clips that prevent the thin material that is slid into the groove from coming out and provides more support for the panel and to prevent racking.

The thin plastic goes in the groove behind the panel and screws into place. Press the piece into the general area depicted and then screw it into the wood sides/top/bottom (NOT the panel).

After some searching, the proper name seems to be "45 Degrees Angle Wedge Bracket Retaining Clip"

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