Just purchased some new playfield inserts for my Gottlieb Jacks open. It uses 1" and 1 3/16" inserts.
Problem is my original inserts are 1/16" smaller around then the new inserts.
Maybe this is normal and I should have just pounded the hell out of them to fit, but they just seemed so damn tight.
Using both thumbs and all my body weight would not allow them to go all the way in.
So I had to take an orbital sander to each one and sand around the entire edge until the insert was small enough to go in the hole.
It is still so tight that I really did not even need the glue.

Anyone else ever come across this issue or should I just have bitten the bullet and pounded them in place.

I even placed the new inserts from PBR directly on top of my original insert and it was easy to see the new one is exactly 1" and my originals are 15/16".

Already did that first.
And all he could tell me is that he has never had an issue with them.
I know they are cut to the correct size and there is nothing that can be done.
But I have replaced inserts in other games that fit in place with my hands with no problem.
This is the first game where they really did not want to fit without sanding down the edges a lot.

Yea. I don't have a caliper, just a tape so I am just spitballing.
I really only posted this to see if others had noticed how tight these are sometimes.
It is not a big deal or anything, but I still have a few more to replace and did not want to damage anything by forcing it to hard.
And yes I sanded off the letter on the top of the insert and also a little bit of the bottom edge because they are also too tall. But I knew that part going in.

Thanks.
I was never asking for new set. Just info as to whether or not this is normal.

And for the record and humor. "I have been selling them for years and never had a single issue" was his second response.
His first response to the question was. "No". lol.
Gotta love Steve.

Thanks for the replies guys. We just finished the final 4 inserts with graphics on them.
All the rest have already been installed.
We are going to try the first one with the hammer and flat piece of wood trick.
If it does not work it is back to sanding the damn edges all the way around.
Even with a little orbital hand sander that is a pain in the ass. lol
Here are a couple of photos of the top rollover inserts we already installed with new art and the four that are about to go in with text.

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All great ideas.
Thanks Vid.
We can't get to the last 4 until Friday.
We did have a couple of them that went in just fine. So far just the 4 at the top were a bitch to get to size.
It makes perfect sense that if the holes were left empty they could close up a bit. These however had inserts in them that we had to heat up and knock out. So that is not the case with this game.
Hopefully these last 4 will just go right in. We have not removed the old ones yet.