tilt controls for owens Corning fiberglass windows

Home Owner from Fairfax, VA

we have a houseful of almost 30 year old Owens Corning windows, and most of the tilt/brake mechanisms don't function well anymore. The spiral slide have slipped down on a few, and when cleaning the windows tilted out, one side or the other will drop down. I'm hoping you'll have something that will help us out.

Kevin

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Tom from SWISCO
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Hello! Looks like you're in need of new pivot shoes. We should be able to help, but before I recommend anything I will need you to measure the thickness of the shoe and tell me what you get. You may also want to measure the width, but it should be 1-1/4". 

I highly recommend removing it from the window before you measure, just to be safe.

Home Owner from Fairfax, VA
Tom, thanks. I finally got one out, and it's 5/8" thick, and yep 1 1/4" wide. I'm including a couple of pics, just in case.
Thanks for the quick response.
Kevin
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Tom from SWISCO
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Thank you! Right off the bat I think our 15-047 is a good option for you. This matches your dimensions exactly and has the same design. The only thing I'm a little hesitant about is the cam size. Just eyeballing yours it seems to be pretty large, but it could just be a trick of the angle.

To simplify things, the size of the cam hole on the 15-047 is 3/16" x 5/16". It's designed to work with pivot bars like our 26-040, for example. This may be a detail you want to check before you buy anything just to be safe.

Assuming that I'm mistaken and you have a standard cam size, then I think our 15-047 would be a great fit for your window.

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