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Author Topic: Help!!! Can't remove bolts from Star Wars yoke!!  (Read 886 times)

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Help!!! Can't remove bolts from Star Wars yoke!!
« on: June 23, 2003, 11:32:03 pm »
I'm trying to remove the gears from my Star Wars yoke. I figured, Japanese controller - metric allen keys... nope. I have a few imperials as well but none of them fit either!!! Anyone know the exact size to use? The gear allen bolts don't have a nib in the middle so I didn't think they were a security type. Am I wrong?

I've sold this gear and I HAVE to get it off! FAST! Can anyone offer some advice?
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Re:Help!!! Can't remove bolts from Star Wars yoke!!
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2003, 12:55:24 am »
Any room to get a dremel in there with the little blade attatchment and grind a little slot for a flathead screwdriver ?  You could try the sears craftsman "screw out" extractor bits. Also a left handed drill bit would probably do it. I think Harbour Frieght tools carrys them.  They're not torx screws are they? Sometimes if torx screws are clogged up with rust and crud they can look like hex/allen screws. I would also saturate them with penetrating oil and let em sit overnight.
 Rusty frozen screws are definately on my top ten list of things that suck. :(    If the screws aren't too miniscule and  you have the room sometimes whacking the side of the screw in a counter clockwise direction with a small center punch and hammer can jar a rusted screw loose .
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Re:Help!!! Can't remove bolts from Star Wars yoke!!
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2003, 01:26:21 am »
*digs through tools*

*digs through parts box*

ouch!

OK, looks like it's a 7/64" allen key you need.  "Why, thank you 1UP!"   ;)

BTW, I don't know why you'd use metric -- Atari is/was all American, though they took a Japanese name due to Nolan Bushnell's fetish for Japanese board games...

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Re:Help!!! Can't remove bolts from Star Wars yoke!!
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2003, 07:13:13 am »
7/64!?!?

Well there's a nice even number! Thanks so much!
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Re:Help!!! Can't remove bolts from Star Wars yoke!!
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2003, 09:42:39 pm »
DOH !!!
Don't know why I thought the screws were stripped out.

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