How to remove pivot shoe

Question

Pivot shoe is damaged on 25 year old double hung aluminum tilt window. Problem is to remove pivot shoe. There is a black plastic insert held by a screw which is quite stubborn and will not allow me to remove pivot shoe. Is there a way to remove old shoe without dislodging this plastic strip or do I have to remove strip to remove the shoe and install the new one? Of course screw comes out of strip but strip is stubborn. The bottom window slides up and down on this strip. The best I can measure of shoe is 1 7/8" hi x 1" wide x 3/8" thick as your 15-045 is. Bottom line is how to safely dislodge plastic strip without damaging top window so I can remove shoe. Thanks for your help and interest. Al

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Tom · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure what that strip is, actually. Based on your first picture, though, it looks like you should be able to raise your shoe up to the cutout and pop it out. I don't see anything in the first picture that would prevent the shoe from being removed.