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A lot of people who have repaired a Switch or the Joy Cons have likely had a similar experience to me when opening the main rear tri wing screws - they slip, cam out, or the heads get destroyed with not much force, even with a good screwdriver. Many of the replacement screws you can find online also have similar problems. Therefore, I have tried out some generic stainless steel machine screws (Torx T4 M1.4x6mm to be precise) and they work far better than the originals as they simply go in with no fuss. As a plus, I could get them without the black coating, which means I can have a nice contrast of silver screws on the black back. Torx headed screws I would especially recommend due to fitting better onto the screwdriver and allowing more force without cam out.

I would highly recommend anyone who needs to open their Switch or Joy Cons for any reason to change out the screws while you are doing the work, as it will save you a ton of time and effort trying to extract broken tri wings in case you need to open it again and the screws cause problems.

I do hope Nintendo use better quality screws on Switch 2, as this is a problem that has likely caused no end of problems for repair technicians. I have repaired a Wii before and its screws were of a far higher quality.

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[–] heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I get you so much. I used to also be the kind of kid who would disassemble pretty much anything in sight (thankfully nothing too expensive was broken) and I definitely get the purpose of the tri wings, as pretty much nothing outside of electronic specialised kits or specific drivers have those bits. My DS thankfully did not end up being the subject of experimentation (until I got my iFixit kit-). I wish Security Torx was the solution to this problem (high torque, but can't open it with a regular Torx driver) but at this point there's probably more Security Torx drivers out there than non-Security since Security Torx is used seemingly everywhere.

Also I must accept the reality of the screw quality - very few people are probably disassembling their Switch at all, so they can get away with poor quality screws since if you go to Nintendo (at least here in the UK) they'll just send you a refurbished unit and you can be on your merry way. Unfortunate for hobbyists though, especially considering Nintendo's turnaround times sometimes.

Also, if you've still got the bits of the Walkman lying around somewhere, it might be worth giving fixing it now a shot. The old Sony service manuals (which are amazingly written by the way, I wish every manual could be like it) are usually widely available across the internet, and there's now a fairly active community who make items like replacement drive belts and gears. Can't really say much more though, I'm mostly a retro iPod guy (love my 4th gen).

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

The Walkman is long gone, like 30+ years ago. Still have Optimus's foot, though.