Workbench Back Panels

A workshop bench fills its drawers with the tools used inside a service ticket and runs out of space for the tools used between tickets; the tools that hang on a wall. Cable cutters, chainwhips, large bottom-bracket sockets, frame-prep handles, the tools that are too long for shallow drawers and too useful to bury in deep ones. The Unior Workbench Back Panels (990B) mount behind a 2600-series bench to give those tools their own vertical surface; perforated steel sized to accept the Unior tool-hook system.

What they do

The back panels turn the vertical space behind a bench into hangable tool storage. Tools mounted on the back panel sit at the mechanic’s eye level when standing at the bench, visible at a glance, and reachable without leaning over the work piece. The perforated grid accepts standard tool-hook hardware; the panel face takes magnetic strips, label tape, and printed reference cards.

Specs and sizing

The back panels are sold as wall surfaces rather than as bench-frame components. To complete the install, pair with the matching back panel supports (see below) and order the right number of panels for the bench size:

• For 1500 mm (5-foot) bench tops: one left support, one right support, plus the 1436 mm back panel (item 625654).
• For 2000 mm (6.5-foot) bench tops: one left support, one right support, one middle support, plus two 952 mm back panels (item 625652).
• For 2500 mm (8-foot) bench tops: one left support, one right support, one middle support, plus two 1202 mm back panels (item 625653).

The support brackets bolt to the bench frame at the rear; the panels slot into the support brackets and stay in position without floor anchors. The modular sizing means a shop expanding its bench from 1500 mm to 2500 mm can re-use the existing supports and just add another middle support plus two new panels.

Specs

• Material: perforated steel; Premium PLUS sheet metal stock.
• Finish: Qualicoat-standard powder coat.
• Mount: bolts into the Workbench Back Panel Supports (sold separately).
• Tool-hook compatibility: standard Unior tool-hook hardware.

Shipping note: the back panels are available via special order and are not included in the free-freight program. Contact us for details.

Built in Zreče, Slovenia

Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče, Slovenia, since 1919, and is the official technical partner of multiple World Tour and downhill teams. The back panels are part of the same in-house manufacturing chain as the bench frames they bolt to; the dimensional match between the support bracket bolt pattern and the bench-frame rear isn’t something a re-badged generic pegboard reproduces.

Pro tip from our mechanics

A back panel earns its place when the bench’s drawers fill with daily-driver tools and the long, awkward-shape tools start migrating to the bench top. Once the chainwhip and the bottom-bracket socket move to the wall, the bench top stays clear of between-job clutter. Our broader workshop-layout guide covers the vertical-vs-drawer storage decisions and the tool-hook layout that compresses tool-reach time: How to set up a professional bike workshop →