Careful with your Sanwa Restrictor Plate Inserts!

When swapping out your Sanwa 4-way restrictor gate insert, don't push the insert too hard when turning it.  I made this mistake and I heard a snapping sound.  I took a close look and noticed that one of the plate tabs had been cracked, about to split off with any further pressure:

Notice the tab on the left is slightly raised, compared to the tab on the right.  You can tell that the insert is off-balance based on the peg in the center; not being completely perpendicular to the plate.

The damage really isn't that terrible, but you'll never know if the 0.5mm difference in action is the reason why you dropped a game-winning one-frame link combo.  So with that, I will dropping the five bucks for a replacement restrictor plate!

If you need to know how to replace the insert, check out this video: