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How to repair these?

Anonymous Thu 01 Aug 2024 15:43:53 No.1479305 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1479309 >>1479320 >>1479430 >>1479432 >>1479455

The "pegs" that hold the screws inside video Game systems some times break.
What's the best way to repair them?
Also, technically, how are they called?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Aug 2024 16:02:19 No.1479309 Report

Quoted By: >>1479311

>>1479305
Glue and screwposts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Aug 2024 16:10:27 No.1479311 Report

Quoted By: >>1479315

>>1479309
But what glue works best?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Aug 2024 16:23:43 No.1479315 Report

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>>1479311
From my experience, 2 part epoxy
But there's no magic solution. Unlike what environmentalists have been screaming, plastic doesn't last forever

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 Aug 2024 17:08:49 No.1479320 Report

Quoted By: >>1479321

>>1479305
There's a chance the bonding solution that's sold for model kits might work. Not sure what the plastic is made out of, I think it mentions it on the back. ABS?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Aug 2024 17:11:47 No.1479321 Report

Quoted By: >>1479323

>>1479320
Does that work like chloroform?
Like, it "melts" the plastic and then evaporates and leaves the two parts as one?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Aug 2024 17:23:50 No.1479323 Report

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>>1479321
>Like, it "melts" the plastic and then evaporates and leaves the two parts as one?
If it works like thin cement it should. I've never used the ABS solution. However I imagine it works the same.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Aug 2024 00:43:18 No.1479430 Report

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>>1479305
They're called posts. Cyanoacrylate glue works well. If you break the threads you can fill in the screw holes with a mixture of baking soda and cyanoacrylate and then drill out the hole to match the shank of the screw. If you don't drill out the hole then when you fit the screw it can cause the post to split.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Aug 2024 00:56:06 No.1479432 Report

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>>1479305
Post this at /diy/.

I would think they would propose 3D printing for the new pegs and then gluing those in position with cyanoacrylate or Oatey adhesive, depending on the polymer of a new component.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 Aug 2024 02:39:45 No.1479455 Report

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>>1479305
Depends on what you mean by "broken" exactly. If the pegs themselves break off then idk what to tell you. If the screws just aren't grabbing anything when you insert them then I can only suggest pouring epoxy into the peg itself, then you wait for the epoxy to dry. And last, being very careful, using either a drill with a drill bit that is meant for the size of your screw OR using the screw itself to drill into the epoxy.
Pic rel is the brand I use the most.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 Aug 2024 02:40:58 No.1479456 Report

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Oh and also there's this epoxy mix that I found while looking for a picture of epoxy. It could help you if the pegs break off.

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