Are nylon spacers for switches available?

[femto]

Hi all. I cleaned up my Card Whiz credit reel today and noticed the switches were mangled and the nylon spacer missing. I managed to straighten the leafs of the switches but could not find any reference to nylon spacers online at any of the suppliers I looked at. Are these available or my hunch is they come pre-assembled with switch unit? Thanks guys

[benpin]

Try Mark. C At pinball spares.
I am 99.9% sure he has them, so give him a ring.

[ddstoys]

I know pbr sell them separately if no one local sells them if not I have plenty of second hand switch stacks we can steal spacers from

[femto]

After some more reading and internet exploring I found another name for these - switch blade lifters - which PBR do sell as suggested. It certainly helps if you know the name of the item you are after.

[femto]

I am not sure how these spacers are fitted. Anyone fitted these before? I imagine the nylon spacer slots into the hole on the leaf switch and this might be melted to fit to the leaf switch. I tried to remove a spacer from another switch assy but they are fixed tight. Surely someone here has had to replace these before?

[ddstoys]

Yes the new ones feed through the hole you could melt it or squeeze it with small pliers to hold it in place.  What size do you need ???

[femto]

I need one 5mm long.

[ddstoys]

I'm sure I bought some a while back I'll take a look when I finish work

[ralph67]

I am not sure how these spacers are fitted. Anyone fitted these before? I imagine the nylon spacer slots into the hole on the leaf switch and this might be melted to fit to the leaf switch. I tried to remove a spacer from another switch assy but they are fixed tight. Surely someone here has had to replace these before?

I did buy these from PBR they are measured imperial ie 1/4 in 5/8 in etc. The way i fit them is place nylon lifter on a hard surface attach blade/leaf then peen over with small hammer the nylon tip. A few light taps will do the trick. sounds a bit rough but works a treat

[femto]

Thanks for the advice. I have yet to fit mine.