Hi All,

I'm working on a Stern Rawhide.

The game has 2 score reels that are giving me some trouble. These are the reels that use molex edge connectors. As I'm not terribly familiar with these finicky beasts, maybe someone here can point me in the right direction.

Both reels are the 10,000 reels. On player 1, when the reel rolls over from 110000 to 120000, the coil stays energized. and on player 4, when going from 100000 to 110000 the reel skips and goes straight to 120000 instead.

The fingers appear to be lined up properly (I'm guessing) and I don't see any obvious burn marks on the traces.

???

Hi Howard.

No and No.

Although, while hitting the 5000pt target just now i=on player 4, the reel momentarily stopped on 10,000. When it did, the solenoid stayed energized until the reel finally made it's way to 20000, then the coil released. So it sounds like the same problem on both reels. It appears that this only happens after 100,000pts are scored, but I can't confirm that right now.

I've also noticed a small crack on the fingers of both of those reels (the side with 4 contacts).

No, Just once, the reel either hangs up on 1 and the coil stay energized, or the reel skips over 1 and stops on 2. This happens even when advancing the reel manually.

I suspect that this is the cause..... the arm has a crack, which is is forcing the outer two fingers away from the traces.

I'm trying to find replacements. If I can't find any, I wonder what the best way would be to repair the existing part. Perhaps fully break it off from the cracked part and glue it back on flush? Sounds risky. Maybe unrivet the fingers, adjust the angle and re-rivit, but they are sitting in a track (on the back) which might make that option unfeasible.

Any suggestions? This issue must have arisen before.

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Thanks. I glued it earlier today, hopefully it will work. I’ll know more tonight when I get home. Would you happen to have 2 available?

Are you volunteering?

It seems like those plastic arms would be easy to 3D print.

I used a drop of DAP super glue and closed the gap the best I could using a clamp. That seems to have done the trick! I'll let you know if the fix does not hold. Both reels are functioning properly.

Now to find out why the high score doesn't add reward. The jones plug is connected and high score pins are set.

-W

I think I see the problem, but won't be able to verify it until all the score reels have been replaced again. I'm in the middle of cleaning up the sluggish ones. stby.