Where to find this potentiometer?

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guy-jim
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Where to find this potentiometer?

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Ok so I spent a fortune several months ago on a Sega Nomad from the USA, in very good shape. Quite some time after having received it im looking at it, I touch the brightness dial and it pops off and goes inside the system :shock:

Ive checked inside and the plastic wheel is sheared off from the main body of the potentiometer.. I tried reattaching it with superglue but it just comes off.. ideally I'd like a replacement.. anyone any ideas as to where I might find one apart from in another Sega Nomad?

I checked a couple of large electronics suppliers here in the UK but I couldnt find anything remotely similar.. it seems like it may be Sega Nomad specific..

Heres a couple of pics; first pic shows the pot body and wheel, second pic shows the underside of the pot which is marked "HDK 8503"

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