FS Parts: One DAMN SEXY 100% refurbished Tempest spinner, brass bushings - $125 shipped

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One DAMN SEXY 100% refurbished Tempest spinner, brass bushings - $125 shipped

I have one fully refurbished Tempest spinner available. This is the ultimate original Tempest spinner, updated with the best new parts, and adjusted to perfection.


Details:

- Fully disassembled, every part washed and dried before reassembly.

- Polished copper encoder disc. (Slightly thicker, nicer quality than silver disc.)

- New brass bushings from Glitch. (See thread here.)

- Bushings have been aligned and epoxied in place (see pic), so they won't loosen up within the frame.

- Bushings have been lubed with silicone grease and liquid bearings (ultra smooth, and spins freely),

- Shaft has been properly shimmed to minimize up/down play (nearly zero play).

- Original PCB has been rebuilt with new (NOS) optos.

- Includes original spinner knob, 100% intact, no cracks or damage.

- Play-tested in my personal Tempest cab.


This is as nice an original spinner as you are going to find. I have spent considerable time on this, and even removed and hand-polished the copper encoder disc, as it's so freaking gorgeous. It's as nice as can be.

I will also warranty the opto board for one year.


$125 shipped in the US. Int'l shipping extra.


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+1 for Andrew from a happy past customer

I'd not heard of "liquid bearings" before, but now I'm intrigued and have a small vial in my Amazon cart.

I'm curious about the use of both lubricants, the reasoning and the method: "Bushings have been lubed with silicone grease and liquid bearings."

So, do you apply silicone grease first, and then add liquid bearings? I would normally think one or the other would function the same, but I trust there is a method to your madness. What's the reasoning?
 
There are many people in the arcade collecting world who strongly believe that spinners should make that sound.

Those people are wrong.


Agreed 100% (though I get that folks have nostalgia for ones they may have played that way).

The noise just comes from the shaft being dry, and bouncing around in the bushing as it rotates. Even with original plastic bushings, a drop or two of a good lube will take care of the brrrrrr.

Also, regarding the lube question above (a good question btw), I normally use silicone grease on all of my refurbed sticks that require lube (BZ sticks, PP shifters, Monroe sticks, etc). It also works on spinners, especially if they have original plastic bushings. The nice thing about silicone grease is that it is very slippery, but it also is thick enough that it stays where you put it, and doesn't dry out over time.

However the tolerance on these brass bushings is so close that I find that the silicone alone doesn't always provide that 'spin for 15 seconds' behavior, which is what you want ideally. It works, but I think is thick enough that it does provide some drag, just because the tolerance is so close. However it varies a little from spinner to spinner, depending on how worn the shaft is, and how much tolerance there is on the brass bushing. So I try the silicone first, and if it still doesn't spin as free as I'd like, I'll add the drop of Liquid Bearings, which does give it that extra spin.

You probably could use just the Liquid Bearings, but I have found on my own spinner that I need to re-lube every 3-6 months, as it does dry and spread out slightly. I think the mixture of the stickier silicone and LB helps it stay put, and it's worked well, so that's why I've been using both.

Also, the LB is also great because it comes in a bottle with a nice long needle, so you can get just a tiny drop exactly where you need it, and not make a mess. Here's a listing, if you want to grab a bottle:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/230963683534
 
Is there something wrong with Tri-Flow?


I can't really say. I've used it on bike chains before, but not a spinner.

My hunch is that it might be a little thin. Any lube will work immediately, but it's more a question of how well it endures, as if it's too thin, you'll be re-lubing often. And the more lube that spreads and drips into the spinner, the more dirt is attracted, and the bigger mess it makes, etc.

So the trick is finding something that isn't so thick and heavy that it dampens the spin, and also not so thin that it just runs all over the place and doesn't stay just where you want it, i.e., just inside the bushing.
 
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