Re: window crank removal and alignment

Posted by BigKev On 2024/9/25 14:25:43

To add onto what Howard posted above.... The shafts are usually drilled through on four sides. So the knob can only be oriented in 90-degree increments.

I always orient window knobs so they don't contact my knee when in the window closed position.

It's helpful to have someone push in the escutcheon while you try to wrangle the pin in and out. Usually, removing is much easier than installing. When installing it by myself, I find an awl is helpful. I can push in the escutcheon and, with the knob in the right place, stick the awl through the hole on the opposite side of where I am going to install the pin. That holds everything in position while I get the pin started, and then I can draw the awl out at the same time I push the pin in.