Flat Headed Pivot Bar Fasteners or Rivets

Quick Learner from USA

Jul 3, 2018 10:58 am

Do you sell these flat headed fasteners or rivets for the 26-377 / #8254 pivot bar? If not, what do you recommend for fastening the part.

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Paul from SWISCO

Jul 10, 2018 10:23 am

Those rivets appear to be pop rivets. You would need a pop rivet gun like our 75-012, while you can get the rivets themselves at a local hardware store. To remove the old ones, you'll have to drill them out.

I'll never understand why manufacturers used rivets instead of screws. I guess they never intended you to replace the pivot bar if it ever broke. Honestly, I highly recommend considering installing a new replacement pivot bar using a truss head screw like our 33-073. That way, if it ever breaks in the future, it'll be an easy project.

Quick Learner from USA

Sep 15, 2022 5:50 pm

Unfortunately, the picture from this post does not show up for me, perhaps as it's a couple of years old. I have a similar fastener question regarding an 8254 pivot bar replacement, and I was wondering if you would be able to confirm if this is also a similar fastener configuration to the one the original poster from this thread is inquiring about. It sounds similar, but it would be great to get positive confirmation if possible. We have multiple windows that appear to have broken 8254 pivot bars.

If this is the case, is there a recommended rivet size that fits the 26-377 / 8254 bar? My preference would be to switch to screws as suggested here, but the rivet option would be a backup if that's not viable on our windows.

Thank you!

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Tom from SWISCO

Sep 20, 2022 3:35 pm

It looks like your pivot bar is similarly installed via rivets, though I cannot tell you if it's the same configuration as the above poster. All I can tell you is that the 26-377 is compatible with a #8 screw like the 33-073, as Paul mentioned back in 2018.

I unfortunately do not know what rivet size you would need. I've never installed a pivot bar using rivets. Screws are almost always a viable choice and I use them whenever possible.