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Removing broken screws from playfield

By rwarren28806

7 years ago


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    #1 7 years ago
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    What is the best way to remove broken screws from the playfield. I have 2 that are below the surface that I need to extract. I thought I would get opinions before I completely mess up the playfield.

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    #6 7 years ago
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    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    Just to clarify--are these screwed into the wood, or screwed into t-nuts?

    Into the wood, below the surface, no nut underneath. It appears as if this happened twice and someone attempted to remove them then just drilled yet a third hole. Stuff now doesn't line up and I want to attempt to fix it.

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    I decided to use a small drill bit and slowly and carefully drilled around it from the bottom. When I got far enough to get a small pair if vice grips on it, I unscrewed it that way. I was able to still use the rest of the hole with a replacement post.

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