Tech tip: yellow rubber bumper sleeve fitment

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cad-kid
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Tech tip: yellow rubber bumper sleeve fitment

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After talking to one of my pinball friends and mentioning that I have 2 of these big yellow rubbers on my game (Truck Stop). He said "wow those are a pain to install". Here's a trick I have used putting a seal on a carburetor accelerator pump shaft. Use a ball point pen cap or part of the pen (like I did tonight) to guide the piece over flat top of the post. Of course a little lube helps as well :lol: This trick saves a ton of time and frustration.
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Re: Tech tip: yellow rubber bumper sleeve fitment

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That's better than my method... "push real hard on the top and swear when the screw head jabs my finger." :)
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Re: Tech tip: yellow rubber bumper sleeve fitment

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Been there, done that (more than once) :oops:
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