I'm sure the Silver Bullet has been put through its paces before, but I think I may have put it through the ultimate torture test. As luck would have it my SB fell out of my pocket and with just amazing bad luck it rolled right under my truck tire, even better yet I didn't know it. So yes I have driven over my my SB with my truck, how bad is the damage you ask ? Well it had road rash from hell, the asphalt really got a grip on er and left some good dents. The atty was trashed (a 510), stripped the casing off and just left the battery connector and the bridge unit. Ok here's the bad part, the button said bye bye, don't know how it got knocked off, but it is gone.
Well I'm sure that's the worst you can do to a SB, but there's more. The atty still works, the button still works, it still threads and unthreads as it should, and the battery connector is ok. In other words its mostly cosmetic damage and I have already taken care of that, sanded, buffed and polished, it looks just as good as when I got it only a few little dimples in it.
Now here is where I'm going to need some help, though the button works it's tough to get it pushed in with part of it missing now. Figure I'll go out with my metal detector and try to find it, but I can't say that I have high hopes for it. So the million dollar question is, if I can't find my button will there be any chance that I can buy a new one ? If I can't find the button or get a new one how should I go about trying to replace it ?
Over all I have to say that the SB is totally amazing and if you have wondered yes it can survive getting run over by a truck and if you ever wondered what it would look like if it was run over by a truck, well how can I not post a picture of how I found it.
Well I'm sure that's the worst you can do to a SB, but there's more. The atty still works, the button still works, it still threads and unthreads as it should, and the battery connector is ok. In other words its mostly cosmetic damage and I have already taken care of that, sanded, buffed and polished, it looks just as good as when I got it only a few little dimples in it.
Now here is where I'm going to need some help, though the button works it's tough to get it pushed in with part of it missing now. Figure I'll go out with my metal detector and try to find it, but I can't say that I have high hopes for it. So the million dollar question is, if I can't find my button will there be any chance that I can buy a new one ? If I can't find the button or get a new one how should I go about trying to replace it ?
Over all I have to say that the SB is totally amazing and if you have wondered yes it can survive getting run over by a truck and if you ever wondered what it would look like if it was run over by a truck, well how can I not post a picture of how I found it.
