Star Tech Journal

September 1 997
STAR* TECH JOURNAL
SEGA GAMEWORKS
ToPSKATER
BROKEN SCREW MouNTS Fix
Richard L. Sprowl
Myrtle Beach Pavilion
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The idea came from Assistant Man-
ager, Kirk Odgen. Scott Risher im-
proved on the idea and implemented
the repair.
way but must be bent to match
the contour of the board. The
bolts were replaced with longer
ones along with washers and lock
washers.
SUBJECT
I was reading your August 1997,
Volume 19, Number 6 issue of
Star Techjournal. Page 12 has a
article on fixing Topskater board.
One of my technicians, Scott
Risher, repaired the board in a
different way which seems to
work. It is something we would
like to pass on too you to see if it
can be used by other with the
same problem.
SYMPTOM! SOLUTION
The problem we had was the or-
ange fiberglass board came off
due to broken screw mounts.
Scott took 1 "xl/8" aluminum
angled and cut 1 piece for each
side of the board and 1 piece for
front and back.
The side pieces were attached
flush to the top of the board with
about 1'4" overhang on the bot-
tom.
Scott attached them with rivets.
The front pieces attach the same
Also blue loctite was used on the
bolts. He used 5 rivets on each
side and 3 on the front and rear
pieces. This fix seems to hold
pretty well.
BOTIOM LINE
The repair cost of the material to
repair the game was $15.00. The
game makes over $1,100 a week
at a $1.00 a game.
The repair has held up for 4
weeks and still going strong.
When a game like Topskater stays
as busy as ours does, this fix
seems to give it a little more sup-
port. Its a top money maker and
any down time is costly.
Thank you for
your time and I
hope this infor-
mation can be
of help to others
with the same
problem. Again
thank you.