Is there an easy way to remove grip washers?

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?)

On my Med Madness I want to remove the clear plastic screen that is in
front of the DMD. (I have an undamaged replacement to put in).
I have removed the DMD so can see the washers that hold it in, I don't
know the correct term for them, but they grip the plastic stud shafts
to hold the screen in place.
I have tried a couple of screwdrivers under opposite sides of the
washer, but I am more likely to snap a stud as they won't budge.
Is there a way to remove these things?

Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered.

Regards,
Roger.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?)

Cut them off. I'll send you some new ones.

bogart
www.pinrestore.com

 

[martin]

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?)

They are nasty. I use sidecutters to cut them, and then twist them off.
Some of them are hard to get to, and you have to make a tear with the
cutters and then twist to break the pushnut.


bogart wrote:
> Cut them off. I'll send you some new ones.
>
> bogart
> www.pinrestore.com

 

[pt]

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?)

I have had no problems removing and re-using them. Pry them up with a
jeweler's screwdriver until they are a couple of mili-meters up on both
sides of the post. Then take a needlenose and coming from directly
above grab the washer on either side and slowely wiggle it upwards. I
have never broken a post or washer like this.

Good luck
John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?)

FWIW, they're more properly called "push nuts" (sometimes Pal Nuts, but that's
a specific brand). Trying to pry them off is touchy as you *might* break the
plastic stud. Cut them off with a pair of diagonal cutters and buy new ones
from Scot Bogart at pinrestore.com.

Joseph "Tony" Dziedzic

In article <1123526030.615084.84080@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "Roger
(UK)" <look@thathorse.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>On my Med Madness I want to remove the clear plastic screen that is in
>front of the DMD. (I have an undamaged replacement to put in).
>I have removed the DMD so can see the washers that hold it in, I don't
>know the correct term for them, but they grip the plastic stud shafts
>to hold the screen in place.
>I have tried a couple of screwdrivers under opposite sides of the
>washer, but I am more likely to snap a stud as they won't budge.
>Is there a way to remove these things?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered.
>
>Regards,
>Roger.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?)

Thanks for the advice. I had begun to think cutting them would be
where I would end up, if there was no easy way to pull them.
I tried the prying with screwdrivers, but had pried as hard as I dare
and not budged the first one at all.

Regards,
Roger.