Pinball life has them too, and cheaper:
https://www.pinballlife.com/machine-poststud-530-5012-02.html
Quoted from dsuperbee:Pinball life has them too, and cheaper:
https://www.pinballlife.com/machine-poststud-530-5012-02.html
that is them, I had to order a ton of them for my Mousin around. Seems some system 11's got the loctite treatment. Was a major pain in the butt. I ended up having to cut most of mine with bolt cutters and buy new.
Quoted from woody76:that is them, I had to order a ton of them for my Mousin around. Seems some system 11's got the loctite treatment. Was a major pain in the butt. I ended up having to cut most of mine with bolt cutters and buy new.
You can them up from the bottom side with a soldering iron, and the heat will release the loctite.
Quoted from dsuperbee:You can them up from the bottom side with a soldering iron, and the heat will release the loctite.
I tried that, it was ridiculous. I finally gave up and just cut them all.
Quoted from woody76:I tried that, it was ridiculous. I finally gave up and just cut them all.
I've cut them before too, and I've heated. Just depended on how much money I wanted to put into the game.
Almost all Sys 11 games will have loctite on the posts.
I've found that when you heat up the post from underneath either with a soldering iron tip or a small torch, by the time it gets hot enough to loosen the locktite, the wood around it gets scorched/burnt!
I've found it is easier to simply go ahead and snap off the bolts and buy new screws and T-nuts. Then it's much easier in the future.
Quoted from KenLayton:I've found that when you heat up the post from underneath either with a soldering iron tip or a small torch, by the time it gets hot enough to loosen the locktite, the wood around it gets scorched/burnt!
I've found it is easier to simply go ahead and snap off the bolts and buy new screws and T-nuts. Then it's much easier in the future.
I've never scorched wood with a soldering iron before, but have with a torch.
Quoted from dsuperbee:I've cut them before too, and I've heated. Just depended on how much money I wanted to put into the game.
Almost all Sys 11 games will have loctite on the posts.
my transporter, high speed, and police force did not have loctite thank goodness
So, if you ever need to grip something small and put a crap ton of torque on it, use a regular electric screwdriver with an auto-chuck. You know how you open up the end of your drill to put in different drill bits? That 3 way opening/closing device can get a real good grip on things. Then simply turn that sucker up to grab whatever small item you need to get a hold of, but a wrench on the other end, and simply back the bold out.
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