I need help from all of you Hobbit owners out there! I just bought a TH pinball machine and set it up and noticed a potential issue, ugh. Is it normal for TH to make a grinding noise occasionally? It seems to make the grinding noise, fairly loud, at the beginning of each turn and a few times throughout a play. What could this be? How can i fix it? Hopefully its not a big issue...

Sorry some more info... from what I can tell it is happening when the DWARF letters pop back up.

Oh sorry, just saw your reply. I was panicking a little. So glad to hear its normal!

This is driving me nuts. Can someone tell me where this wire connects to? It is located directly under the smaug head and I can't seem to remember after replacing the servo in the the Smaug. Ugh.

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Thanks you guys saved me! Next time I'm documenting every step!

Man, this project is never ending.

I changed the servo in Smaugs head and had everything working, turned off the machine, came back the next day and now the side to side motor doesn't seem to be working. I don't know how best to explain it... but it seemed bumpy and rough when turning side to side. So I pulled the head back off.

Any time it is plugged in the side to side feels rough and bumpy when manually turning by hand or having the machine turn it. As soon as I unplug it the motion is smooth again by hand.

It also seems to be causing excessive heat in the motor.

I'm totally lost on what to do next. What did I do wrong? Has anyone experienced this or seen any posts about this? Do I need to replace this part; if so does anyone know where I can buy the side to side motor?

Any help in troubleshooting this would be greatly appreciated!

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