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Obscure part request.....Atari Roadblasters NO LONGER NEEDED :)
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MYX:
Just use the continuity setting to test the switch. Beeeeeeep!
NoOne=NBA=:
They are famous for needing adjustment.
Of the 8 on my Vindicators cabinet, I had to rework 4 of them.

There's a little forked piece of spring steel inside that has a nipple on one side, that actually closes the contact between the two wires.
As that nipple wears down, the spring steel doesn't give enough force to shove the nipple through the hole to contact the other piece.

I don't remember exactly what holds them together, but it seems to me that it was tab-locked in some way.
2PacMan:
OK, i got them open, you were right, there were tabs holding it in place.  Sure enough, the nipple inside was completely worn.  I spent about 2 hours this evening trying to rework the metal with no luck.  The plastic part of the switch that pushes on the metal is worn down as well, it's barely making contact now. I need two working switches now if anyone has 2 for sale, i'm interested.  I found out why both the switches on the left side weren't working....the op moved the two working switches to the right side and he put the two nonworking ones in the left.  Here's a few pics of the switches.
allroy1975:
There's a local shop to me that sells old push buttons.  they're not the same as the roadblasters switches.  I'm guessing it's the thumb buttons you're having trouble with.  I searched and searched for those buttons.  I found nothing.  I picked up some buttons from this shop near me and took them apart and the insides of that switch actually fit in the roadblasters switches.  I know all 4 switches are the same, but the only ones with problems on mine were the thumb ones.

If you can't find anything locally I can swing by there and pick you up a couple and try to find the pics I took of mine when I was doing it just in case I ever saw anyone ask this question.  :)

HOWEVER...I'm going on vacation for a week in 2 hours.  So you'll have to wait a bit.  :)

Allroy
PetitMorte:
you could, in theory, substitute a couple of leaf-switched for these, and continue to use the origional buttons.
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