Heavy Duty Low Profile Wand Tilter for 2" Horizontal Blinds, Hexagon Shaped Gear/Hook Connection (2 Qty)

I bought 4 units to replace broken tilters that came originally with the blinds. The installation was real easy, in fact I replaced 3 in less than 30 minutes. My blinds are made by Faux Wood Blinds (Grand Wood 2" Plantation Style, 6 ft. wide by 4 ft. long) and the fit was perfect. Parts are well made and I personally liked that the gears and sprocket are made of metal thus will last longer, Someone mentioned in a comment that the metal parts made it harder to close and open the blinds than the plastic ones, neither my wife or myself found them any harder but even if it was harder to turn I rather have them last longer with metal gears and sprocket. Tips: 1) Make sure that you align the flats in the gear and socket when installing tilter into hexagon shaft otherwise it will be hard to insert tilter into shaft. 2) You might also want to purchase a pack of CLEAR Valance Clips for Window Blind Valance (10 Pack) for $6.69 if you have a valance to cover the blind track. The valance is held by plastic clips and there is a good chance they will break when removing the valance and blind to replace the tilter.

These work just fine.

The tilt wand on our very wide 2” horizontal blinds stopped working and would just click, click, click when we turned it, so I searched YouTube and found a video on replacing a tilt wand control that had the same problem. I took the blinds down and noticed that the middle gear on the control was made of plastic, which was strange since I figured that blinds over 76” would have a metal gear. I went straight to Amazon and found the perfect replacement control with a metal gear, and it came in a pack of two controls, which was even better, not to mention the inexpensive price. I watched a few videos on replacing the tilt control while waiting for the order to arrive so when the package came, I was able to replace it easily and the blinds open and close like new again. Now I have an extra control in case the plastic gear in the tilt control on the other set of blinds starts clicking.

Several of our wooden blinds have had their tilt controls break after many years of use, so I ordered these to be a better replacement. While these are metal gears, to replace the plastic gears of the originals, they are not greased, so the action is a little more harsh than the originals, and require a little more force to tilt them. When I dismantled the old blind controls, I found that the tilt mechanism housings had broken open, but the gears were all OK. So I think these metal gears may not be an improvement, nor last any longer. Time will tell. If I could have, I would have opened these to apply some grease, but there does not seem to be any way to do that easily. Our blinds all work again, and that's the important thing. It's easy to replace these: Raise and lock the blind before removing from the window. Remove the end cap on the opposite side from the tilt mechanism (I used a screwdriver to tap it out), and slide the hexagonal tilt rod out enough to disengage from the tilt mechanism. Pry the top lip of the rail away from the mechanism enough to unsnap and remove it. Drop in the new one, making sure the lip around the tilt control protrudes from the bottom of the rail, and snap the top lip in place. Push the hexagonal tilt rod through the new mechanism, rotating it right and left to get it to engage and slip through. Put the end cap back on.

Works great. Internal metal workings. No problems. Product as described. Amazon said shipping would only take 2 to 3 days but it actually took 10 days. That was OK since i wanted these with metal mechanism and was willing to wait.

If your header is 2 1/4 inches wide x 1.5 inches tall, this is the mechanism you need - super easy fix - part even has a metal gear rather than the plastic one - ordered on a Tuesday and received on a Saturday - installed, then re-hung the the header blind, put the wand back on - blinds are properly tilting again - mission accomplished - and above all, Happy Wife !!!!

I had blinds installed a couple years ago and one by one the tilt mechanisms have begun to fail. Upon inspection I noted the original mechanisms in the blinds have plastic gears and they are stripping after a couple years of use. I paid top dollar for the blinds so I was disappointed at the original mechanisms failure. The local business I purchased the blinds from wanted nearly $50 each to repair them. And likely with the same plastic gear tilt mechanism that failed after the first couple of years. This replacement tilt mechanism looks exactly like the original my blinds came with except this replacement has metal gears. I'm counting on the metal gears being more durable and hopefully they'll provide significantly longer service than the cheap originals. These replacements were very easy to install and the cost ordering from Amazon made the purchase a no-brainer. I'll be ordering more so I have enough to replace them in all my blinds.

Aug 16th, 2020: Great product. Metal parts take a lot of torque on them and wont break. But there's a small catch. The older plastic tilter I replaced would close the blinds when I turned the wand counterclockwise. Whereas this one closes them when I turn the wand clockwise. There's nothing about it in the description. Oct 3rd, 2020: Update: I thought I would replace all the plastic ones on my remaining windows and make all windows uniform and ordered the same product the second time. To my surprise, the items in the second order rotated like the plastic ones I was replacing i.e. opposite direction of the first order. I not only observe that my first order (Sold by: Component Depot) rotates backwards, but also has metal rivets to fasten the enclosure and is slightly stiffer. Whereas the ones in the second order (Sold by: JCblinds) which rotate forward, has inbuilt clips (molded as you see in the product picture) to fasten the enclosures and is more free to rotate. So, I think we just gamble on which way they tilt. I am reluctantly reducing my stars to 3 from 5 as there is nothing about the direction of rotation in the description. Oct 8th 2020: See pictures comparing the one with rivets with the one with clips. Notice the worm screw between the two are 3D mirror-images of one another. You just cannot do anything about these and they will only turn the pinion with the hex hole in opposite directions. I happen read about someone tried to flips the pinion in vain to change the direction. Please don't waste time trying those. Also notice, the one with clips (without rivets) has some extra square holding the 2 halves (and is broken). See another picture with its worm screw being rough with the metal molding split being visible. So, when you turn this one, it is not smooth. Whereas the one with rivets is smooth as the worm screw is good. In summary, even though the one with rivets turns the opposite way (to the plastic ones I replaced), I seem to prefer it for its better quality.

Fit perfectly. Made of more durable materials than the original part, even. Surprisingly easy to install; just looked up YouTube videos. Glad it came in package of 2, as not long after I got it, I broke another one. My originals have a plastic part that holds the hook, and over time it becomes brittle and breaks easily, whereas the new part is metal. Would buy again, if needed for other blinds.

These are great, slipped right into the blinds and are working so smoothly. I have the Home Depot 2” wide faux wood blinds. I did not want to have to replace blinds as we are selling and (have just sold our house ) they wanted the blinds which did not work right. Everyone is happy now.

Arrived in a timely manner and rec'd both items as stated in the sellers information. Item was a perfect fit and the blinds are working again. Metal parts inside as opposed to plastic cranks in the original should last much longer. Great purchase and saved replacing expensive blinds.

this part is exact size as the original and to my surprise the package came with 2 of them in it. i can see why they are referred to as heavy duty because the gear mechanism is not plastic like the original. this definitely should last a lot longer then the original one. am very pleased with this purchase.

The quality of the product is very good and the price very reasonable. I had to replace a wand tilter on a heavy set of wood blinds and the wand titer is performing the task very easily.