I just joined the club today. Never have played this one before, but dang, this game is awesome! I have some major cleaning to do (smells a little like wet dog, which he had a big one) and the dead world seems to get stuck when rotating. If I help it out it gets going again but eventually sticks. Just the rings, planet is fine. Lights in the planet don’t go very bright too, flasher works fine though. Other than that, drop targets need some work, but I’m super excited!

Would love to learn more. Mine drops, but doesn’t always come back up. Looks like it struggles a lot!

Hey guys, Planet question here, specifically about gears under the planet. The planet itself spins fine, but I noticed the rings stop at a consistent spot. Getting under the playfield, I see the top gear slips because one of the teeth is either gone or bent, so it doesn’t catch unless I push the rotation. It’s not in the gear box, it’s above it. In the pic below, above these gears is the playfield and below is the gearbox.

I read another thread where they said contact Steve for a rebuild, but do I need a rebuild since I can see the gear that needs replacing? Anyone done this?

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Anyone know what size the screws are that hold on the opto switches on the stacked wire forms (that connect to the ramps) in the upper right?

Where do these go? Anyone recognize them?

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Haha, now that’s funny. If I remember from taking things apart they were in the ramp opto switches. They must have been holding them in because I’m short a few screws up there!

I remember when I pulled them out I was thinking “well that’s interesting”, and I’m like 90% sure they were in the ramp optos. I got this game a couple of months ago and tried to keep the tear down at a minimum for cleaning and LEDs, but there’s no way around the ramps and wire forms on this one. Putting it back together I didn’t remember where i pulled them from, but then when I saw screws missing from the optos, that when I remembered where they were.

I have found some MacGyver stuff here and there in this machine, but luckily it’s all been smaller stuff like this.

Awesome, thanks! I was in it last night and saw I was missing one of those spacers. It also looks like the black side of the optos barely creep over the wireform rail, is it supposed to clear it better than that or is this normal?

Awesome, picture 41 confirmed it for me. Thanks!