This is exactly how mine was behaving. I don't think that the ram should register a hit every single time a ball touches it, but a straight shot from the left or right flipper should do the trick. The adjustments I made to mine did not reduce the travel of the ram at all, they just allowed the ram to move more freely with various different type of hits to it.

It's still a better idea to attack mine from the right, but it also will register 95% of the time from the left if you hit it square or just about square.

I would be interested to hear from Ritchie as to his thoughts on how this ram was intended to behave.

It's not cheating because everyone is playing the same game. If one has this adjustment it doesn't matter except scores would probably be higher on average with this set up.

I don't think the game was designed to have the ram's travel reduced though. I also don't this it was intended to brick fairly clean shots to it, so however someone remedies that, is up to them.

I look at it like I want the ram to operate similarly to the bell on ACDC. Does the bell on ACDC act like a standup that registers every time the ball hits it? No. it needs to be hit pretty square to register a bell hit. That is how the ram should behave IMO.

Interesting. Got a pic?

Bitchin! Nice find.

I hope you took penicillin afterwards.

Straight from SR himself:

A “Battering Ram Fix” is not necessary, in fact, it’s cheating! Battering Rams in new GOT machines are a bit stiff, but break-in nicely after a few plays. It was designed to take a hard hit to make the switch. It is easy to move a real battering ram. No it takes work. Do the work. You can shoot it all day from the right flipper on any stock GOT. It’s a little tougher from the left flipper. To make the Battering Ram any easier to score is cheating!

haha. Hopefully I get to talk to SR a bit at the LAX show to pick his brain more about the game!

ask SKB

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/game-of-thrones-le-311-left-orbit-fix/page/6#post-2983326

I hear ya man. Just busting your balls a little bit. Every game is going to play different no matter what adjustments we make.

To fix this you don't need to remove anything. Loosen the screws that hold the sled on to the bottom of the playfield, take a qtip with lube oil on it and rub it all around the sled and under the plastic track the ram runs in. It will be 100% better. I cannot believe you did this rubber band fix. Haha. Also, the ram mod from mezel isn't going to do anything it's just a cover for the existing ram. Make sure he switch is gapped nice and close and lube up that ram track and you'll be right as rain.

I agree. However, mine out of the box didn't register on solid hits, hence my adjustment.

In response to you first question, no I don't think it's necessary at all. I'm at 1,500 games and it shows zero signs of wear.

The spacers are there on Pro and Prem/LE. They are not bad, just take your time. They are between the plastics ok the sides of the ram and the clear plastic over top of the ram. When putting the clear plastic back on, go one screw at a time and loosely starting with the top right, top left, bottom left, and the spot light flasher last.

So why didn't you just put a tiny bit of lube on it instead? I hate how it sits up higher with the OPs fix. Like you said, it's now harder to hit and those standups are way easier to hit.

Wow. Must be a stubborn one. Well any way you slice it, the game is incredible with a ram that consistently registers.