New 60 pin for sharp fami?

[bongoben]

Hey, so my wife has a Sharp Twin Famicom and the 60 pin is shot.  It's been used so much that I can rarely get contact on the games when they are inserted.  Half the time you have to lift the game about half way out and wedge something between the back of the game and the fami to push the game forward to make contact.  Needless to say, it's a pain.  Anyways, I was wondering if anybody knew the whereabouts of a new 60 pin?  I realize I would have to solder this new one into the board which I am willing, and able, to do.  I just don't know any other way.  Does anybody have any recommendations about bending these pins back into place?  I tried for awhile but it's just so hard to get any sort of decent access to them to be able to bend them back.

Thanks

[JC]

I've stuck a long needle under each to pull them back out. Never with a Twin, but with an NES.

[133MHz]

60-pin card edge connectors are industry standard. You just need to know the board pitch and pin width/separation in millimeters to order one from a big electronics distributor.

If that's not an option and you're good with soldering, you can always buy a cheap Famiclone to cannibalize its new 60 pin connector.

[bongoben]

Thanks guys.  I was planning on using a pin to get in there and bend them out but it's a headache to get it right where it needs to be on this system.  I already attempted at just bending the pins out from the top and although they bent out, apparently they still weren't making contact at the right spot because it actually made the situation worse.  Otherwise I may have access to a cheap non-working famiclone and will go the soldering route.