Pella Screen Dorr Flush bolt installation help

A home owner from Traqverse City, MI says:
May 7, 2018
I've purchased and received a Pella Screen Door Flush Bolt 40-014, but don't want to break the small tabs at the top end trying to force the part into the opening of the door. Do you have instructions on how to do this? The metal gauge just fits into the gap between the part and the tabs, but at the angle the part goes in, it doesn't want to go in far enough for the bottom end of the part to drop into the hole. If the tabs break, what is your replacement policy?
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Dave Sr. from SWISCO responded:
May 14, 2018

What you first need to do is to install the bracket plate in the door, like how we show on the store page. Now with the bracket plate installed in the door, with the locking clip at the top, install the bolt into the bottom hole in the bracket. With the lower part of the bolt in the bracket you would now push the top of the bolt in to the top hole. It will give you some resistance, but you just have to firmly push it in. Take note that once the bolt is installed, it is not made to be removed. You'd have to break it to get it out.
A home owner from Alexandria, VA says:
June 14, 2023
I installed the bracket upside down and can't get the bolt all the way into the bracket. Is it possible to remove it, correct the bracket position, and install the flush bolt without breaking it?
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Tom from SWISCO responded:
June 14, 2023

Unfortunately, it is not. These are not made to be removed once they're installed. The only way to take it out after is to break it.
Pella Screen Door Flush Bolt
Pella Screen Door Flush Bolt
40-014
$21.45
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