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Screw on NES cartridges
18. Apr 2009 at 05:23
 
Greetings...seems I'm having a lot of trouble these days. I've lost a screw to one of my carts. I realize that the NES screws are made for those "special bits" but I'm just going to buy a flathead equivalent like some of the early games had. Could you just let me know the type of screw that they used on the NES, both thread and length? Basically I need the same information that you can take down to the Ace Hardware store to pick up the screws.

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Re: Screw on NES cartridges
Reply #1 - 19. Apr 2009 at 04:13
 
I can't find this information anywhere on the internet and since I haven't received any replies on the various messageboards about this, I guess that I am the first person to look into this who feels the need to "spread the word". I could not find an exact match as people have been telling me but I found that a #3-48 screw is close enough to work.

I thought that I'd put this out there so that anyone else who needs to know will be able to get some screws.
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Re: Screw on NES cartridges
Reply #2 - 23. Apr 2009 at 07:02
 
Addendum:

It turns out that #2-56 screws are just about perfect. They are just slightly larger than the NES screws and they thread themselves right into the plastic of the cart but they are not as large as the #3-48 screws which have caused some cracking since I put them in the other cart. I think that I'll standardize on these for lost/missing/stripped NES screws.
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