I'm going through my EK, tightening it up, and noticed the intro chime is intermittent. Opened it up and saw chimes have a bit of grime. I assume alcohol or Simple Green? The other chimes work perfectly when I test them. Thank you!
I polish them in my tumbler but I don't think it going to make a noticeable difference in tone. I would check and replace all the grommets and install new coil sleeves and see if that helps
Quoted from Pinplayer1967:I would check and replace all the grommets
Adding to that--the grommets should be rubbery, not hard.
Quoted from epbrown1967:tightening it up, and noticed the intro chime is intermittent
What do you mean--does the coil not fire when you expect it to, or does the chime not ring out like it should, and instead the plunger just "thunks" against the chime bar?
Quoted from Pinplayer1967:I polish them in my tumbler but I don't think it going to make a noticeable difference in tone. I would check and replace all the grommets and install new coil sleeves and see if that helps
I assumed it probably might be coil sleeves-thank you!
Quoted from ForceFlow:Adding to that--the grommets should be rubbery, not hard.
What do you mean--does the coil not fire when you expect it to, or does the chime not ring out like it should, and instead the plunger just "thunks" against the chime bar?
The grommets are rock hard-there is an intro chime that plays when you initiate play. It plays sporadically.
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