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Bally Motors Replaced or Repaired

By northstar-

3 years ago


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    #3 3 years ago

    Do you have a part number for the motor or at least a photo? Is it a 50v or 110v motor? Considering it's a Bally, I imagine it's a motor that was also used in Bally's many bingo games of the same era. The bingo motors show up on eBay regularly. If you only need to replace the stator (the winding part), probably any motor with the identical voltage (50 or 110) would be OK. You could pop the stator off a replacement motor and install it on your Ball Park. That way you wouldn't have to worry about differing gear ratios. But a photo would be a great thing to post, and a part number if you have the user manual and it lists the motor.

    Sweet looking game, by the way!

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    #7 2 years ago

    You might also want to post a photo and question on the bingo forum

    Quoted from TwinDavid:

    ebay.com link: itm
    This may work...
    I'm going to my favorite part house (used machines) next weekend. I will dig through some old Ballys.

    That one appears to be a 110v motor from a Bally bingo. I'd post your photos in the bingo forum and ask what stator/coil assemblies would be interchangeable with your E-119-232 motor. (This all assumes that the stator/coil assembly is dead but the gearbox is working OK.) You'll get good answers there. Here's an example of a 50v Bally motor from a later game (judging from the higher part number):

    ebay.com link: itm

    #9 2 years ago

    This may be slightly useful. I’ve added dimensions (in inches) to photos of the 50v shutter motor from a 1956 Bally Night Club. The dimensions might be useful in advancing or discrediting my theory that Bally 50v motors were similar in dimensions. The one thing that concerns me is that your motor appears to be driving 11 cams while my motor only has 6 cams. Your stator looks thicker than mine, and that may be due to the additional cams. Ideally, you would be able to get another 50v motor, remove the stator/coil and mount it to your gear box, reusing the armature from your dead motor. You could also just get a 50v motor and mount it to the score unit shaft and not worry about possible RPM differences between it and your original motor. If it’s the difference between a running game or nothing, it may be worth a shot. One final possibility is tapping the coil out of the stator if you’ve got those “jigsaw puzzle” tabs holding your coil in place. I’ve never heard of anyone doing it. I'd also recommend asking the experts in the bingo forum for advice.

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    #11 2 years ago

    I used calipers to get those measurements; that's why the decimal places.

    #13 2 years ago

    It looks like your 1960 stator is thicker than the one from my 1956 Night Club. I count 18 individual plates in my stator’s cross section. I believe your count will be higher, and you can easily check this. I recommend contacting Joe Shope ([email protected]), a Bally bingo collector and restorer who bought out the parts inventory of multiple operators. I’d tell him you have a 50v baseball game motor, providing him with the diameter of your cam shaft and the thickness of the stator, both in “plate count” and inches. Joe will be able to tell you if he can provide an equivalent motor. Providing a link to the thread would also be helpful. Joe’s got deep knowledge and is a nice and helpful guy.

    #15 2 years ago

    Good luck. Keep us posted.

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