Has anybody re-threaded the leg plates on their machines? I attached a picture of the plates on my machine and cannot find these black ones Stern uses for sale anywhere. I contacted Stern they said the only leg plates Marco and Stern sell are the larger more robust plates they put on our European games. I only need to replace one plate and would like them all to match. Plus I would prefer to keep the machine original. So I was thinking I could re-thread the plate since I cannot find them for sale. I am pretty sure people have posted about doing it in the past and even think some people had to do it on a NIB machine (TF I believe). I tried searching but couldn't find the thread. So was wondering if anyone has had lucky trying it?

Thanks in advance

Leg_Bracket.jpg

My plate is not too bad and you can still thread the bolts down tightly with a wrench, however you cannot thread them by hand like all the other legs. So the threads are a little rough and maybe a hardened bolt might be all I need to clean it up. Can you pick them up at Home Depot or Lowes?

Thanks Ken. I know there are a few different styles out there and I searched all the suppliers websites. These are the closest I found and am wondering if they are the same plates even though it does not say they are for Sterns.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/01-9296

I was hoping to find exact replacements and wish Stern would sell them. I never strip them on my machines because I always make sure the legs are off the ground when tightening or loose who previously owned some of my machines

Thanks. I was hoping that would be all I needed. My work has taps so I can just borrow one to try out. My concern was that you might need to tap a larger hole then 3/8" to clean it up and I didn't want to do that because then I would need different size bolts. So it's good to know a 3/8" tap will work. Worst case if I mess it up I can always just buy an aftermarket one.