Good Morning all!

Have a problem with a Gottlieb EM where the ball count unit has three brass contacts or rivets that have heavy wear in the centers. As an experiment I tried filling the divots with solder which solved the skipping problem.. for a month but the problem is back. Solder is pretty soft and I didn't have high expectations of success.

My question this morning is what is the best way to replace these three contacts? Does anyone sell the parts? Would a small brass machine screw work if the head was dressed down to the proper profile? A board search turned up nothing.

Even add a ball?

I don't mind replacing them, good skill to learn.

Checked Ebay, nada.

Thanks, I knew I had seen that once but my search had come up empty handed as I had forgotten about the silver solder. Have to pick some up and give it a try. Was also thinking about the fastener pictured below.

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Easy enough to file down.

After doing some research I rummaged around my stash and found that I had silver bearing solder in my plumbing drawer. Now it might not be as hard as silver solder but it is much tougher than regular soldier. Tonight I cleaned the solder off, hit it with the plumbing solder & and the big watt gun and changed out the shoes and it is working great. I'll monitor over time and post results.