Super Star
Williams, 1972i have a williams super star (72) that i picked up. its my first table and the former owner took it apart and didnt give the bag of screws. the posts are on the playfield. i have the upper arch pieces and the bottom apron. i was wondering if anyone knew the type and size/length so i can put them back on. thanks in advance.
Quoted from hoodie75:i have a williams super star (72) that i picked up. its my first table and the former owner took it apart and didnt give the bag of screws. the posts are on the playfield. i have the upper arch pieces and the bottom apron. i was wondering if anyone knew the type and size/length so i can put them back on. thanks in advance.
Gottlieb was pretty uniform in its screw/post usage on the pfs, you can put together one of those blindfolded. Williams and Bally seem to be all over the map, maybe I havnt done enough Williams yet.
Hopefully a current owner of this game can setup and give you some guidence
You can look here : https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2446
There are pictures of the playfield.
You should be able to get 90% of the layout from the pictures.
This site also has the schematic and manual.
The manual on page 8 shows the rubber sizes and their related post positions.
https://www.ipdb.org/files/2446/Williams_1972_Super_Star_Manual.pdf
Usually the apron and arch take the same screw size. I count the holes and find the match number of screws.
Quoted from AndrewP:If no one knows, I’ll pull the ones from my 71 Klondike this weekend and let you know what they are, if that will be any help. I’m guessing 2 1/2” size 8 wood screws.
Thanks I appreciate that. I have a feeling that the top arch is #6 sheet metal screws
Quoted from hoodie75:It’s all good, there is a Lowe’s right down the street and they will probably have them. It seems like a common part
probably not the 2 inch number 6
i did find them at bolt depot
https://www.boltdepot.com/Sheet_metal_screws_Self_tapping_Phillips_pan_head_Stainless_steel_18-8_6.aspx
Quoted from hoodie75:It’s all good, there is a Lowe’s right down the street and they will probably have them. It seems like a common part
Ace generally has a better selection of the off size stuff than the bigger stores.
Quoted from KenLayton:And they should be wood screws not sheet metal screws.
I only buy sheet metal screws, seem to have deeper threads for grabbing the tired wood. If I dont have nice nickel plated screws I replace all on the underside with sheet metal "Stainless" 3/8s and 1/2 inch, flat for gottlieb, phillips for williams/bally. Pimps it up a little bit in my opinion.
Ken
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