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Handy Person from Pittsburgh, PA

Oct 22, 2012 1:08 pm

The shoes on all of my windows have broken. I am not sure how they were originally attached. See photos.

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Casey from SWISCO

Oct 24, 2012 9:13 am

Good morning! Please take a look at our 15-015 Pivot Shoe. Does this appear to match your hardware? Compare its dimensions to your own shoe and let me know.

Handy Person from Pittsburgh, PA

Oct 24, 2012 8:55 pm

It looks like that might fit. I was wondering, could I also use the 15-152 shoe? It seems like that one might be more durable with the metal cam.

Tom from SWISCO

Oct 25, 2012 9:38 am

Thanks for getting back to us. I do not recommend using the 15-152. While its cam is metal, you can see by comparing the two that the cam holes are of different shapes. Besides that, they are made for different types of balances--15-152 is meant for block and tackle balances, while the 15-015 is meant for spiral balances, like your own.

Durability shouldn't be an issue, though. I think the reason why yours broke was simply because it was fairly old and brittle.