drseuss8347 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I've recently have had a bunch of NW mechs ripped out from both super 60 and triple plays. I always make sure the latch is adjusted correctly. Keep in mind these machines are in bad areas. Any of you guys experience this and is there a specific way to prevent this from reoccurring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Havent had that problem unless the screw in the lock bar was loose, how much damage was done to the body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drseuss8347 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 The screw was tight, no damage to the body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 So did they somehow pry hard enough with out any damage to the body to strip the screw from the coin mech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drseuss8347 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Yeah and it keeps hapoebknh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 maybe the hole for the screw is stripped out or is this always different mechs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toad Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 This makes no sense to me how this could happen other than what Musser said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drseuss8347 Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 No hole was stripped out. And this has happened with at least 5 different mechs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drseuss8347 Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 These locations are right outside housing projects that are open 24 hrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toad Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 But how can it come off with out being pryed or damaged heavily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserri Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 But how can it come off with out being pryed or damaged heavily?I know how.It was posted here many years ago but removed because some members felt the tutorial was just too revealing. It's fairly simple and I found the process to be quite ingenious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Duck Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I started to say something but then decided not to because I wasn't going to mention it on an open forum and didn't want to PM 20 people. The bottom line is that you can't use Northwesterns in these locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 In an instance like that, what machine will with stand the abuse? Do you need to go to something like the " Strongbox"? Or Oak? Or is there a different line that is better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserri Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I started to say something but then decided not to because I wasn't going to mention it on an open forum and didn't want to PM 20 people. The bottom line is that you can't use Northwesterns in these locations. Yea. I didn't think about all the potential PM's I'd get before I posted that. Please don't ask me about it. If you don't know how it's done, learning how it's done will not prevent it from happening to you. The only way to prevent this is to stifle the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toad Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I guess I am lucky, I've never had it happen in over 30 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Never had it happen, I will have to think about this and figure it out, thieves are clever though and once a weakness is found it well always happen. The only easy solution I can think of is changing the shape of the latch so it cant be flipped up or adding a piece of metal under the bottom screw of the mech, you would need to do this with mech installed but would prevent removal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Never had it happen, I will have to think about this and figure it out, thieves are clever though and once a weakness is found it well always happen. The only easy solution I can think of is changing the shape of the latch so it cant be flipped up or adding a piece of metal under the bottom screw of the mech, you would need to do this with mech installed but would prevent removal The NW triples that I have come with a slide bar on the latch. It must be slid back and then you can raise it to get the mech out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The old style nw 60 latch was a sliding bar that locked in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drseuss8347 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Was the old style more effective? I'm willing to try anything to prevent this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Duck Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I just thought of a way to fix this problem and still use Northwesterns. Either use new style Triple Play coin mechs or mod your mechs to have the same latch mechanism. Unfortunately you can't just change the latch, you have to change the back plates also. Parts needed: T-109 mechanism lock latch. $1.00 T-109-1 mechanism latch lock spring .30c 3-614-25cDT back plate. $8.60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drseuss8347 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Thanks. Really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I had a problem similar to what you've all described (admittedly on an XYZ machine with NW mechs), though I finally solved it by using a sealant around the mech on the backside to "glue" it to the body of the unit. The location it was happening at went under a couple months later, but that seemed to do the trick for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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