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Defender Restoration

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SirPeale:
Now I just have to work on the rest of the beastie.  I took off the CP the other day to clean it up.  There was a Willis CPO on there.  I didn't realize at the time that the original was under it.  Nice!

...or not.  Horribly, horribly burned from cigarettes.  I had a replacement that someone gave me when they replaced theirs.  Like 5000% better than the one that was on there. 

I thought just *maybe* I could remove the old one and practice fixing it.  Nope...cracked in three pieces when I took it off.  Just as well...it was in *really* bad shape.

Not thrilled with the joystick either.  There is a *lot* of slop.  I know there are rebuild kits available, but they're quite expensive.  It's in decent shape otherwise.  Pinball machines have this nylon insert that goes around shafts and holds it within a hole...I wonder if I can find one in the right size. 

ChadTower:
If a flipper bushing won't work I bet you could find something at a good plumbing supply store that will do the job.  That's an almost limitless supply of fittings and sizes - a lot of them in brass that won't wear the same as plastic.

SirPeale:
Flipper bushing? Not what I'm looking for.

What I'm looking for is a nylon washer thing.  The edges are rolled to snap into the hole, and there is a "break" in it to allow it to compress so it fits in the hole.  I think I've heard them referred to as "nyliners" or something.

Edit: yep,that's what they're called.  Now if I could find one in the size I need...

http://www.marcospecialties.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=20-8790

ChadTower:


Oooh, that part.  It's possible you could get that one and trim it down some... that's why it is an open loop, I think.  For different shaft diameters.

RetroACTIVE:
I gave it some thought to use a set or pan head screw or something equivalent.  You could re bore the worn holes of the assembly to the size of the screw head  (My old worn 2 ways assemblies no longer had nice round holes... they were worn oblong).  Grind off the old worn pivot stumps on the cross member that the stick goes into... Then... tap a thread through the cross member and put a screw in on each side (essentially creating new pivot points).

Kind of winded... hope it makes the point.
 :cheers:

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