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Title: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: endrien on August 20, 2009, 09:09:50 pm
I might sound like a noob, but I cant seem to unscrew my buttons? I want to clean up the CP and I need to remove them....Can anyone help?
Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 20, 2009, 09:34:10 pm
Get a button wrench.

(http://lizardlick.com/images/for_sale/pushbuttons/happ_pb_wrench.jpg)
Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: severdhed on August 20, 2009, 09:35:49 pm
sometimes those things are really difficult to get loose.

a button wrench would probably be helpful. 
Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: endrien on August 20, 2009, 09:46:12 pm
where can I get one?
Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: severdhed on August 20, 2009, 10:32:25 pm
most places that sell arcade parts have them...


like:

GroovyGameGear.com (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=72&products_id=248)
Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: Ryglore on August 20, 2009, 11:01:10 pm
yep, I made sure that I ordered a button wrench when I placed my order earlier this week. They are pretty cheap too, so totally worth it.
Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: MonMotha on August 21, 2009, 12:41:51 am
If they're really tight, watch out.  Some idiot/body may have put glue on them, and going all torque happy on them with a wrench can crack the nut.  Cola is also a pretty amazing glue.  This happened to me on a beatmaniaIIDX.  You don't want to crack your nuts.
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Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 21, 2009, 09:51:25 am
Quote from: endrien on August 20, 2009, 09:46:12 pm
where can I get one?

Did you even look at the picture? Notice the watermark.... ::)
Title: Re: Unscrewing buttons?
Post by: Kman-Sweden on August 30, 2009, 03:43:06 pm
My X-Arcade Tankstick had some blue glue on the threds "locktite-style". I cracked the glue with a small pipe-wrench called Poly-Grip in Sweden.
It looks something like this...
(http://i.pricerunner.com/img/u2/12/11/3/0/260x260/i584660306s.jpeg)