Replacement 5K Ohm Pot for an Exidy Circus

[Phetishboy]

My son and I played a couple games of Circus the other day and noticed that the clown Teeter totter is skipping towards the left side. It does it consistently where it skips and you miss the guy because you can't see where the end of your plank is. I'm assuming the pot is probably going bad. What would be the perfect replacement that I can just drop in and where would I get it? I checked Peter's site but didn't see anything even close. Just looking for a drop in replacement part if anyone's got a good source.

 

[security0001]

post a picture of the pot because i have my circus packed away so i can't look at it.

 

[Phetishboy]

My son and I played a couple games of Circus the other day and noticed that the clown Teeter totter is skipping towards the left side. It does it consistently where it skips and you miss the guy because you can't see where the end of your plank is. I'm assuming the pot is probably going bad. What would be the perfect replacement that I can just drop in and where would I get it? I checked Peter's site but didn't see anything even close. Just looking for a drop in replacement part if anyone's got a good source.

post a picture of the pot because i have my circus packed away so i can't look at it.

It reminds me of a pole position gas pedal pot.

 

[Phetishboy]

I grabbed a batch on Amazon I guess I'll see if they fit.

 

[Phetishboy]

Well maybe I better do a little more research on what size I need. Kind of what I was asking in this thread. The ones I just purchased off Amazon are much too small.

 

[VectorCollector]

Would a Warlords 5Kohm clutch slip be useful in your application? Physically it's fairly "large".

Warlords Potentiometer Replacements? | Museum of the Game® Forums (arcade-museum.com)

 

[cwilkson]

post a picture of the pot because i have my circus packed away so i can't look at it.

What he said! Take a picture!

 

[cwilkson]

Would a Warlords 5Kohm clutch slip be useful in your application? Physically it's fairly "large".

Warlords Potentiometer Replacements? | Museum of the Game® Forums (arcade-museum.com)

Almost certainly.

 

[Phetishboy]

What he said! Take a picture!

All right I will.

 

[VectorCollector]

Joe blows but he has pot.

Atari 5k Potentiometer | High Score Saves

 

[Phetishboy]

Jesus, $25 + shipping? I better make sure it's the right one before I sell one of my kidneys.

 

[VectorCollector]

Steal one, temporarily for test purposes, from one of these games, perhaps ->

• Warlords
• Paperboy
• Star Wars
• Pole Position
• Return of the Jedi
• APB
• Road Blasters
• Championship Sprint
• Super Sprint
• Lunar Lander

 

[Phetishboy]

I wonder if the pot from a food fight joystick would work

 

[Phetishboy]

I wonder if the pot from a food fight joystick would work

No, shit that one doesn't have a shaft in the middle.

 

[VectorCollector]

Not a good sign when you start answering your own questions. LOL

 

[Phetishboy]

Not a good sign when you start answering your own questions. LOL

Welcome to KLOV.

 

[Phetishboy]

All right I will.

And for comedy relief, here it is next to the one I bought:

 

[VectorCollector]

JA1N056S502UA is $100 at Digikey. LOL

 

[mk3u2012]

I realize you are looking for a replacement but if you do have the ability to pop the back cap off you could try hitting it with some Deoxit or other contact cleaner. I recently had to repair four original pots on my United Games Sportarama (pong clone). They were in rough shape as the game is pushing 50 years old. It brought them back to life.

 

[cwilkson]

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And for comedy relief, here it is next to the one I bought:

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Bwahaha!!!

Look at the Circus bezel art. Those pots are like Sleepy Clown holding up the 2000 pound barbell *and* cleaning house while Stoner Penguin just hangs out, doing nothing useful. Not even skating. Just wasting oxygen.