Creative Engineering ROCK-A-FIRE EXPLOSION - Page 80

The Head Cont.
C. If an eyeball must be replaced because it was damaged:
1. Squeeze the sides of the plastic Eye Lid together, and
remove the eye lid from its pivot pins.
2. Loosen the 2 Shaft Collars and pull out the eyeball and the
pressed pin from the top. You may have to pry out the
eyeball, use a screw driver. If you want to reuse the eye
ball, wrap the tool with a soft cloth or a piece of leather
to protect the eye ball from getting scratched.
3. When replacing the eyeball note the 3, 5/16" bronze washers
between it and the eye mount plate. Do not tighten the 2
shaft collars, they will need to be loose for critical
adjustments.
4. Never disassemble the eye linkage, there is no reason to and
it will only cause problems latter on.
D. If a eye lid must be replaced:
1. Pull the fas-pin cylinder front mount, and remove the old
eye lid by squeezing the sides together and pulling the eye
lid from its pivot points.
2. Attach the new eye lid to its pivot pins, just squeeze the
sides together and allow it to snap into place.
3. Check the alignment of the cylinder to the eye lid, they
should attach together easily. If the alignment is off,
loosen the 2 shaft collars at the cylinder rear mount, and
align the parts.
4. Re-attach the cylinder front mount to the eye lid using the
fas-pin removed in step 1, check the critical adjustments.
E. Problems in the mouth: There are 3 types of mouths used in the
show; Billy Bob's mouth cylinder rear mount is different from
the rest, and Earl's mouth is typical only to Earl. The mouth
will have very few problems, the biggest being that the corners
of the latex mask crack from the mouth opening too wide. If the
mouth is adjusted so that it is fully closed when the cylinder
is fully closed, this problem will be minimized. (See Critical
Adjustments Pages 3-094 thru 3-135) If for any reason the mouth
or mouth cylinder must be removed, remember to note the
disassembly steps you followed.
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