Transit Wheel Well Water Cabinet Assembly Guide

How to assemble the Featherbuilt wheel well water cabinet for your Transit, with room for your water tank, pump and plumbing. Every step is written out below, and the PDF has the same instructions if you'd rather print them.

Download: Wheel well water cabinet assembly guide (PDF)

Before you start

• Inspect the box and parts when they arrive and make sure everything listed below is there. If anything is damaged or missing, email us before you start.
• The parts and photos in this guide show a passenger side cabinet. A driver side cabinet goes together the same way, with the parts mirrored.
• Don't open the hinge kit bags until the hardware step. The two hinge types look similar, but each one belongs to a specific door.
• Use wood glue on every wood-to-wood joint before you tighten or screw it together.

What you'll need

• Cordless drill with a Phillips head bit (for all of the hardware) and a #1 square head bit (for the 1" black trim head screws)
• 4mm Allen wrench (included) to tighten the cabinet connectors ("Cabineos")
• Rubber mallet to tap parts into place
• Wood glue: Titebond II or better

What's in the box

Cabinet parts

• A: Right End
• B: Left End
• C: Bottom
• D: Top
• E: Back
• F: Shelf
• G: Front Lip
• H: Tank Door
• I: Plumbing Door
• J: Divider
• K: Utility Panel
• L: Shelf Support

Hardware kits

• Cabinet assembly info: 4mm Allen wrench, instruction QR card, business card and Featherbuilt stickers
• Cabinet assembly kit: 20 × 1" black trim head screws (#1 square drive) and 4 × 3/4" black pan head wood screws (#6)
• Latch kits (2): each has 1 Southco slam latch (M1-63) and 2 × 1/2" Phillips countersunk screws
• Lift arm kit: 1 Blum Aventos HK-XS lift arm, 1 Aventos cabinet bracket, 1 Aventos door bracket, 4 × 1/2" Phillips countersunk screws
• Hinge kits (2): blind corner and inset (soft close). Each has 2 hinges, 2 × 3mm hinge plates, 2 × 3mm hinge cup spacers, 4 × 5/8" countersunk screws and 4 × 1/2" countersunk screws

Assemble the cabinet

The cabinet goes together with Cabineo connectors, which you tighten with the 4mm Allen wrench. Glue each joint as you go.

Step 1: Right end

Lay the Right End (A) flat on your work table.

Step 2: Shelf

Insert the Shelf (F) into its groove and tighten the Cabineos with the 4mm Allen wrench.

Step 3: Bottom and back

Insert the Bottom (C) and the Back (E).

Step 4: Divider

Insert the Divider (J). Tap it fully into its slots with the mallet before moving on.

Step 5: Top

Attach the Top (D).

Step 6: Seat everything

Use the mallet to make sure all of the dogbones (the tabs that key the parts together) sit flush in their slots.

Step 7: Left end

Rotate the cabinet so the Bottom faces up. Attach the Left End (B) and tighten all of the Cabineos.

Step 8: Shelf support and front lip

Rotate the cabinet to its final, upright position. Attach the Shelf Support (L) and the Front Lip (G).

Install the hardware

Step 9: Cabinet brackets and hinge plates

Install the Aventos cabinet bracket, the Aventos door bracket and the 3mm hinge plates, all with the 1/2" Phillips countersunk screws.

Line each hinge plate up with its pre-drilled holes. Each pair of hinge plates matches one door, so work from one hinge kit at a time.

Step 10: Hinges on the doors

Set a hinge cup spacer around the hinge cup hole on the door, then screw the hinge in with the 5/8" Phillips countersunk screws.

Which hinge goes where: blind corner hinges on the Tank Door (H) and inset hinges on the Plumbing Door (I). See the hinge guide for photos.

Step 11: Slam latches

Install the Southco slam latches with the latch arm facing the latch keeper, then install the keepers with the 1/2" Phillips countersunk screws.

Step 12: Utility panel and reinforcing screws

Screw on the Utility Panel (K) with the 3/4" black pan head wood screws.

Reinforce the cabinet by driving the 1" black trim head screws (#1 square bit) into the pre-drilled holes.

Step 13: Hang the doors

Attach the Plumbing Door (I) and the Tank Door (H) by clipping each hinge onto its hinge plate (see below). Then connect the lift arm and make your final adjustments.

Hinges: attach, release and adjust

To attach a door: set the hinge on its hinge plate and push the back of the hinge arm down. When you hear a click, it's secure.
To release a door: press the lever under the hinge arm.

Once the cabinet is together, adjust the hinges so every door closes and latches and the gaps (reveals) around the doors are even:

• Side: turn the front screw to increase or decrease the door overlay (±2 mm).
• Height: turn the cam screw on the mounting plate to move the door up or down (±2 mm).
• Depth: turn the rear spiral cam screw to set the door gap (+3 mm / −2 mm).

Lift arm (Blum Aventos HK-XS)

1. Attach the cabinet mounting plate (the Aventos cabinet bracket) inside the cabinet.
2. Attach the door mounting plate (the Aventos door bracket) to the door and insert the hinges.
3. Hang the door on the cabinet using the clip mechanism in the mounting plates.
4. Attach the lift arm to the cabinet mounting plate, then connect the lift mechanism to the door bracket.

Adjusting: turn the screw at the base of the arm until the arm holds the door up on its own.

Removing: unclip the lift arm from the door bracket first by pushing back on the clip, then remove it from the cabinet bracket. The arm is spring loaded, so unclipping it from the door first keeps it from snapping back at you.

Products this guide covers

• Transit Wheel Well Water Cabinet

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