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Obscure part request.....Atari Roadblasters NO LONGER NEEDED :)

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2PacMan:
I have never seen these for sale anywhere, but i'm looking for the little switches that go inside the steering handle for an Atari Roadblasters game.  The ones that the wires are attatched to for the fire buttons?  Two of my fire buttons don't work, but if I touch the wires together, they work, i've resoldered a few times with no luck, my switches must be bad.  Or, if someone has an entire CP with wheel for sale, i might be interested in that as well.  Thanks!

NoOne=NBA=:
You can fix the switches most of the time.
You need to disassemble them, and then clean them really well, and give the spring steel inside a bit of a tweak to increase the pressure on the switch when the button is pressed.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of what I'm talking about.
Just rip one apart (carefully) and play around with the guts.
They are pretty simple.

2PacMan:
Thanks...i thought about that, but i couldn't figure out any way of opening them.  There are no screws or anything, they are just plastic and the seam looks glued (?) maybe.  Any ideas on how to get them apart?

cw:
just for kicks and giggles have you checked it with a meter?



2PacMan:
No...i probably should...what setting should it be on? 

Here's another thing, it's the two buttons on the left side, so i figure, oh, the jumper wire came loose or something...what's the odd of both buttons on the same side wearing out at the same time?....well, i take it apart, and the wire is a little loose, so i resolder and still nothing, so i pull the main wire off the switch and touch it to the jumper wire, it works instantly when i touch them together, so the wiring/cicuit board must be ok....so, somewhere between where i solder them on the switch and the switch itself, there is a problem.  I'm guessing when i touch the wires, it completes the circuit automatically, but with the switch, it is not competed unless it is pressed, and since nothing is happening, i'm assuming the switch is not functioning and completing the circuit.  Although just pressing the button with my finger, it feels ok, like the right amount of pressure, etc.....i'm lost.

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