Asahi Seiko Microswitch Actuator Arm

paulliadis

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First of all, I'm amazed at how low tech some of this stuff is. I had no idea when I was just a lowly player rather than an arcade game owner. I mean a quarter falls through a hole and moves a tiny metal arm to register a "credit" on the game.

Anyway, I was tinkering with my coin mech last night and finally have it set up to accept quarters. The only thing is that the quarter just misses tiny metal actuator arm and doesn't register a credit. If I manually trip the actuator arm the game does register a credit, so I know that bit works.

My actuator arm seems to be bent a little bit, and not quite in the right position. Does anybody have pictures of how it should look?

Do people replace these wire arms? I did see a thread on here about using a paper clip. Any thoughts on that?

Thanks,
Paul
 
You're over thinking this. It's very low-tech. Just bend it so that the quarter hits it. If it's too short because it has broken off, then you can extend it out by soldering on some suitable stiff wire. (like a paper clip)

-Ian
 
Thanks for the reply. I figured as much. Just checking to see if there were any "techniques" to it or anything like that.

The other actuator on the other side is gone completely, so I'm not 100% sure what it's "supposed" to look like.

Paul
 
If the machine had been set up to take tokens, then the actuators would have been bent and adjusted for that.

On the one that's missing the actuator, you can try to replace the wire actuator, or just replace the whole microswitch. I've even seen generic replacements that come with a straight wire actuator - you're just expected to bend it to fit, so that whatever coin your mech is set up to take hits it.

-Ian
 
RetroHacker - I do want to get a replacement microswitch for the one that's missing the actuator, but that's low on the list of things to do. That side is being handled by a button under the control panel anyhow that I have been using for "free play". Note that I didn't install this button, although it doesn't bug me since it's not in plain view.

I'll try to mess with the other one tonight to see if I can get it to work. Where would I buy a replacement? Mike's Arcade?

Paul
 
Any of the usual parts suppliers will have them, but you can't go wrong with Bob Roberts:

therealbobroberts.net said:
Coin Switch T2 with trip wire you form $4.00

He's even got replacement actuator wires with retainers...

Or, you could always post a Wanted in the trading section - I'm sure that most of us have some in our junk boxes. I'll check tonight and see what I've got - I've got a couple of wrecked coin doors that might still have coin switches on them.

-Ian
 
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