Cracked Coil Cover and Tilt Latch

A home owner from Florida says:

Little white piece with the crack in it. Most of my windows for that part are baked by the Florida sun and cracking SERIES 70007100

H-R40-48x72

H-R40-72x72

AAMA Certified program

American National Standard Institute

This is all the information I can get from the window. This part helps hold the window up when it is slid past it. These are tilt windows. Also the lever that you pull in to release the window to tilt are now breaking. That little yellow part In the one pic.

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Bob from SWISCO responded:

Hello there. That is a coil balance cover, which houses the coil springs that enable the opening and closing of the window. The cover is probably either the 15-150T or 15-205, depending on the thickness of the coil springs your window uses. If the window is having trouble and opening and closing, there's a good chance the coil springs are broken and need to be replaced. We'll need you to remove the springs and tell us the thickness of them, as well as show us the pivot shoes they attach to. See the video below. 

For the tilt latches, see if the 26-243 and 26-244. Review the dimensions to see if they match up. 

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