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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Brax on June 23, 2003, 11:32:03 pm
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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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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 .
Good luck B. :-\
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*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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7/64!?!?
Well there's a nice even number! Thanks so much!
*dashes off to store!*
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DOH !!!
Don't know why I thought the screws were stripped out.
Bangs empty head on wall and signs up for a post reading class for special people.