I'm restoring a Black Pyramid that was DOA when I received it. I just removed the Swinging Target Motor for cleaning and possible repair.

On the target arm assembly, there's some sort of repair that includes a cable tie, some sort of crafty string, and some white tape, and I can't figure out what it should look like. See pics.

I'm pretty sure there's some parts missing.

I assume that the two arms are there to isolate the abuse that the target gets, and there needs to be some connection between the two arms aside from the pin at the bottom. Maybe that string is replacing (poorly) some other part that connects the two arms?

Does anyone have any photos of what that target arm assembly should look like? What the hell is that string accomplishing? And why the white tape?

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Thanks for that. I see your washer under the e-clip is different than mine (mine is like two misaligned steel washers glued together).

Did you happen to notice if there's a part that holds the two arms together aside from the cable tie? There's a stud of some sort on each arm (where mine had that string between the two studs), and I was guessing that there's supposed to be something else, maybe some sort of spring steel clip or something.

Ah...it's a spring! I should've realized that when I saw the grooves in those posts. Thanks a bunch for figuring that out for me.....