Jdawg4422
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hey guys i just bought a popeye pinball machine. (I know its not a highly coveted machine)
I am having some problems with finding replacement screws for the underside of the playfield. Specifically i need the screws that hold the big metal troughs under the playfield. I took a sample out of the machine and went to ace and could not find an exact replacement. First off they only had sheet metal screws with the hex head on them, and while they looked like a good replacement they did not have the exact pitch of the screw threads. The closest on the threads pitch was a drywall screw, but then it only comes in a flush mount phillips head.
Im thinking the sheet metal screws are the ones i need, but they also have like a slit in the end of the screw, while the ones in my machine are just normal tips rather than the self tapping sheet metal screws.
any help is appreciated, would like to work on this a little tonight if i have the time.
Jason
I am having some problems with finding replacement screws for the underside of the playfield. Specifically i need the screws that hold the big metal troughs under the playfield. I took a sample out of the machine and went to ace and could not find an exact replacement. First off they only had sheet metal screws with the hex head on them, and while they looked like a good replacement they did not have the exact pitch of the screw threads. The closest on the threads pitch was a drywall screw, but then it only comes in a flush mount phillips head.
Im thinking the sheet metal screws are the ones i need, but they also have like a slit in the end of the screw, while the ones in my machine are just normal tips rather than the self tapping sheet metal screws.
any help is appreciated, would like to work on this a little tonight if i have the time.
Jason
