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endrien

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Unscrewing buttons?
« 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?
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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2009, 09:34:10 pm »
Get a button wrench.

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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2009, 09:35:49 pm »
sometimes those things are really difficult to get loose.

a button wrench would probably be helpful. 
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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2009, 09:46:12 pm »
where can I get one?
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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2009, 10:32:25 pm »
most places that sell arcade parts have them...


like:

GroovyGameGear.com
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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #6 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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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #7 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.... ::)
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Re: Unscrewing buttons?
« Reply #8 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...

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