8 Pack Window Screen Plunger Latches with Caps, 5/32" X 1-1/2", Aluminum Window Screen Plunger Pins, Secure Window Screens in Place (White)

These pins were a perfect replacement for the original all-plastic Marvin Window screen retention pins on my Marin Integrity window screens. No drilling was required; it was only necessary to break the tops off the original pins in order to remove them.The original pins usually fail on the non-handle end when the screen gets forced out by someone who does not know how to properly remove the screen from the window frame. This leaves the top of the pin and spring mechanism in place, but no protruding pin on the outside of the screen to hold it in place in the window frame.Installation required only breaking off the pin handle (pull knob) of the old pin(s), and removing the remaining portion of the original pin(s). No tools required. Once the old pins were removed, the new plunger pins fin perfectly into the original Marvin pin holes without drilling, and the new pin knobs were pressed onto the new pins while holding the pins compressed. Again, no tools required.

Had a few broke for my screens, these worked great.

Work as they should

Worked as expected.

These pins are perfect replacements for our 25-year old Marvin double hung window screens. In fact, the black heads blend in better than the original clear ones. Once you get them initially in the screen, you may need pliers or channel locks to secure the head to the pin.

They don’t work, can’t get the white tops to go one the plunger stick….. cheap and don’t work.. waste of my 12.00Pain in butt to have to return.

The spring is too large in diameter. It has a diameter of 0.165” and the larger shaft diameter is 0.156. The issue is the drill bit to use is 5/32 which make a 0.159 hole. The spring should NOT be larger than 0.156. WYou can get the spring in with a little finesse by twisting the spring and using a tiny screwdriver to press it the rest of the way. I wouldn’t buy it again and I would send them back but I only have 12 pins to put in my 3 new screens. I will say to fix this issue, you could use a 3/16 (which is the next drill bit size up) but it will be a little sloppy in the hole and will work fine.FYI, the smaller diameter of the pin is 0.120” and a 1/8” drill bit works great for the inside walls of the screen frame.

They work and the dimensions are accurate.The plastic pull handles were difficult to snap on the plunger. I had to use slip joint pliers. No way you could attach them by hand.