Any thoughts in removing these leg bolts? The press fit nut was over tightened and it broke the nut away from the bracket. Now the bolt just spins in place. And the best this is that the buyer is coming in a few hours to pick it up!

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Cant grab it with a pliers unless I start putting holes in the cabinet, around the bolt, which I might.

Dont have a welder to tack it in place, otherwise that would have been my first thought.

Lots of good ideas guys. I dont have any cutting bits for my dremel, and even if I did cut the head off, the leg nut is still countersunk into the corner.

I cant get enough pitches with a pliers to grip tut hard enough to keep it from moving either.

Right now I'm just trying to drill it out (around the nut) with as minimal damage to the cabinet as possible, but it isnt looking pretty.

Worst part is that there are 3 of them.

I dont have any problems buying the updated WPC style bracket and bolts once they are out.

Thing is, these ate new leg brackets, era correct style too!

I found some cutting discs that might work. I'm going to cut off the head of the bolt and hammer through to the inside.

I need a proper cutting wheel or an angle grinder. The cutting wheel that I have didn't do anything.

I feel terrible too because the buyer traveled from 4 hours away and spent a night in town to pick up this morning

That's how the original brackets were installed.

I ended up having to get an angle grinder, cutting off the head, taking off the bracket on the inside, and pounding the bolt shaft through. All in all the most stressful breakdown I've ever had. Needless to say, I owe the buyer a new set of leg brackets and a couple leg bolts.

Thanks for jumping in with suggestions guys. This is why Pinside is awesome!

These were bought new from Pinball Life, and should be the only ones that are like that. Needless to say I cannot recommend them and will be using the wpc style brackets in the future.

But yes, to reiterate, the originals were installed countersunk into the corner braces of the cabinet. I only installed them the way they came out. I vividly remember needing to get a screwdriver to tap them out after removing the holding screws.

I dont know what else to say. Install them how you like, I suppose. Just saying that when I replaced them, the protruding part was in towards the corner braces on the original ones, unless the original ones were installed backwards too. I just put them in how I took them out.

stole this pic of another person's Pharaoh and another's BK. I'm not saying anything, but i'm just saying

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If I need to, then yes definitely these and never the other brackets again. I'll spend the extra $8 on a set of four.