Coin Reject Lever for old Atari coin doors (e.g. Gran Trak 10)

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Coin Reject Lever for old Atari coin doors (e.g. Gran Trak 10)

hi guys!

in order to have the coin door of my gran trak 10 powercoated, i need to remove those coin reject levers:

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however, one of them had obviously been removed before, because it is not fixed with the usual headless screw / set screw / grub screw (whatever the correct term for it is), but someone has nailed some kind of bolt into it. i've carefully tried drilling it out - without success.

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before i try harder, i'd like to know whether there's another way to get the lever off or whether i would find replacements in case it gets destroyed ...

i'd also take an entire assembly if someone has one lying around. here it is from the back of the coin door. as you can see, i can't simply pull the metal piece out with the coin reject lever still attached (which would be fine) because that metal tube is blocking any further movement! damn!!!

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Looking at the manual it appears to be a roll pin (also called spring pin) that goes clear through the bent shaft shown in your third pic.
Keep stepping up the drill bit size just until you are able to remove the lever. (or when you just start to see a different color material flakes coming out)
You'll have to be sure to go just deep enough to get the entire roll pin out so that you can put a new one in when ready to put it back together.
Even if you oversize the holes a bit I'm sure you can get a new roll pin at most decent hardware stores.
 
Sounds like someone slapped a screw of sorts in there instead of replacing the roll pin for whatever reason.

Roll pins are made of hardened steel, so yeah, they can be a bit tough sometimes.
Use sharp bits and a moderate drill speed. If you run the drill too fast you'll just dull your bit instantly.
 
I had noticed that too and thought to mention it didn't look like they designed it with any intentions of ever removing the lever. (especially since it's on the outside of the machine, vandals, parts falling off, etc)
 
to be honest, the one lever with the screw looked much more original than the bolt lever, because it was hammered in horribly. plus you really have to have the correct tool and must know what you're doing to get the screw out, so i think it was close to impossible to remove the lever in an arcade.
 
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