Hey folks,
I have noticed that all of the arcade PCBs I have seen have some (or many) components that are bent over. This includes capacitors in particular, but sometimes transistors and potentiometers. See the attached image for an example. Questions...
1) Were those components straight when they were manufactured, and got bent due to handling or shipping?
2) Will it cause any problems (or help) to bend them to be straight / vertical? (assuming they don't break) And does anybody really do that?
Thanks!
I have noticed that all of the arcade PCBs I have seen have some (or many) components that are bent over. This includes capacitors in particular, but sometimes transistors and potentiometers. See the attached image for an example. Questions...
1) Were those components straight when they were manufactured, and got bent due to handling or shipping?
2) Will it cause any problems (or help) to bend them to be straight / vertical? (assuming they don't break) And does anybody really do that?
Thanks!

