I took a royal dive down a flight of steps, drug by my Escalera and an aptly named pin, Wipeout. Something popped in the Escalera in mid lift, probably a shear key. I was drug down the carpeted stairs like a lame superhero . My butt claps shut every time I walk by the thing, a highly unpleasant experience. I really should look into fixing and upgrading it. It worked fantastic before the dive.

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No, not yet. To be honest, I’ve avoided the thing ever since it happened. I’ve decided to upgrade the thing all at the same time I’m going to let my knees heal up a bit first.

In all fairness to Escalera, I bought this one used from a guy who used it commercially. I have no idea of how this machine was treated or maintained. I’ve used it quite a bit and never had a bit of trouble with it. When this happened, I was on my third machine of the day and was three steps from the top of the carpeted stairwell. It was over in a flash, before I could even think of letting go of it. I thought I was going to have my underwear surgically removed from my crack, it was clenched pretty tight!

Well, I had my weekend overtime canceled, so I’m loading up to go to TPF. I’ll load up my EsKILLara and bring it along. I notice the drive belt has popped off and the climb drive chains are real loose. Perhaps the chains jumped the sprockets? I think this machine was abused by the previous (non Pinball) owner.