Why would you go to all that trouble & not pull the siderails to paint?
It's not that difficult.
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Quoted from Dresslock:Yes Dasvis you might be right, the next project i do this.!!!
I was scared to take them off of my first one too, but it's not that bad really. If you scratch up the siderail taking it off you can easily regrain it with some sandpaper & steel wool.
The problem I had with my last project is that the nail holes were oversized & would not solidly re-secure the siderail to the cabinet, plus the holes were not straight. I ended up drilling the holes oversize - 3/8" & about 1/2" deep. Filled these with epoxy, leveled with my dremel, then placed the siderail on & redrilled pilot holes. Tapped the spiral nails in & all is good! Nice, tight & straight.
Pinball resource has these special nails.
Did you re-pin the connectors? I have had a couple of Bally's from that vintage & I never did get them to run right w/o re-pinning virtually all of the connectors.
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