Pivot Shoe not fitting into pivot Bar

A home owner from Virginia says:
October 1, 2020
I thought I bought he correct pivot shoe 5/8 thick. But after i replace 4 of them and tried to re hang the windows the pivot bar wont fit into the Pivot Shoe. Now i got 20 pivot shoes that wont work and a wide open window. Is there a different pivot shoe that will fit.If that little piece of plastic in the middle of the pivot shoe was remove then i believe the pivot bar would fit.
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Tom from SWISCO responded:
October 6, 2020

Your old pivot shoe isn't made anymore. In my experience, the 15-070 works well as a substitute, though some customers have told me that they had to file it down a little to get it to fit. Others tell me that it works perfectly fine as-is. That's one of those things you won't know till you have it in your hand, unfortunately. Either way, the 15-070 is the best possible replacement option we can recommend.

Pivot Shoe, 5/8" Thick
Pivot Shoe, 5/8" Thick
15-047
$2.20
Stainless Steel Pivot Bar, 2"
Stainless Steel Pivot Bar, 2"
26-313
$2.35
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Pivot Bar, 3"
26-040
$1.57
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Thermal Gard Pivot Shoe
15-070
$4.72
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