Old Handheld Mattel Electronics Games (Triangle Scew help)

[vespertillio]

Ok, this may be off topic, but you know those screws that are in all of the old Mattel Electronics games? (IE football, basketball, hockey etc...) Well I recently got an electroic Dungeons and Dragons that Mattel made and the speaker is shot. I can hear that the game works, but just barely. I wanted to replace the speaker but it uses those #*&ki%#g triangle screws. Radio Shack was no help, or Ace Hardware. Does anyone know where I could find a screwdriver with that bit? It would have to be long and thin as there are some that are deeply embeded in the plastic housing. I really want to keep this in pristine condition as I got it with all the parts, box, intructions etc... If anybody knows who sells these things, pleae let me know. MODS, feel free to move this to whereever I should have posted it to. Thanks all. Cheers. :rocker:

Fred

[Rev. Link]

GameCube controllers have trianlge screws in them, and I used a tiny straight bladed screwdriver to open one of those up. You know, the really tiny ones you use to fix glasses and such.

I don't know if the screws are the same, but that worked for me.

[vespertillio]

Nope, too small. But thanks for the reply.

[Rev. Link]

You mean the screws are even smaller than those tiny screwdrivers? Those things are like 1/16th of an inch wide!

Damn, that's a small screw...

[jonjandran]

A jewelers flathead screwdriver 1/32 will work. But you could just buy a tri-wing off of ebay for a couple of bucks.

[Sylentwulf]

I have the small triwing screwdrivers available that open the GBA, GBA SP, and GC Controllers at my website below. Cheers :)
http://www.electricquarter.com

[AB Positive]

the toolkit Sylent has is both inexpensive and great. You can pretty much open up anything with it. I recommend it highly.

-AG

[omnedon]

The triangular Mattel screws in old hardware (and some Intellivision carts) are NOT Tri Wing. That's not to mean a tri wing bit may not work. What the poster is referring to are literally "a triangle" on the head of the screw.

They are a pain in the ass. If a Tri wing does not work (Gameboy, NGC controllers) I would take it to a good jeweller and see what they can tell you, maybe they know the name of what you need. If you find out...share with us!

[vespertillio]

Hey Sylent, I may have to get one of those. I may have to take it to a jeweler as I have taken it to a few hardware stores but to no avail. Arrrgghhhhh...... If I find out I will definately let everyone know. Cheers.

[Chunky]

i pretty much had to make my own stuff with a grinder.

but someone mentioned before of heating a plastic pen tip and pushing into the screw and letting it cool. that might work, got me.