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Quoted from Axl:but how do you install the head bolts?
Inside the backbox, there are holes in the bottom. Those holes match up to large tee nuts installed in the cabinet "neck". Simply slide the bolts in through the holes in the backbox and tighten into the nuts. Wingbolts make this very easy,but regular bolts with washers work fine. The latch on the back exists so that the backbox will stay in place while you are installing the bolts. The latch is not intended to be used for permanent setup.
Quoted from markmon:That's not true at all. The backbox stays up fine with no bolts or latch and will not fall down. Gravity handles it. In fact it's somewhat stable this way and in my shop I've accidentally had a few upright unlatched and never noticed until I went to fold them down. It's not like as soon as you unlatch the head the head slams forward.
The head is stable up with no latch. The latch prevents it from falling when shaken or moved. The bolts are for those old timers that are too emotionally attached in their ways to handle using a latch. Nothing more.
Edit: got a couple games on route for last few years and never used the bolts there either. Only the latch.
That's not what I said. I said the latch is intended to be used for setup only. Read the warning text on the back.
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