I have a shaker motor and like it with the castle and catapult but feel like it's way too much for the trolls popping up. Any way to adjust that specifically?

I just got a Chicago Gaming brand new MMR. Will upgraded speakers make a big difference?

I've had a new MMR since Wednesday, and the ball has gotten stuck on this ramp gate twice. I had to slide the glass down to get the ball out. Is this common? I just bent the gate a little on the end trying to fix it. It might work.

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Sometimes, I'll get a ball all the way inside the castle gate or in the lock wall, and it won't trigger anything and will get ejected like nothing happened. Any ideas?

I just installed pinballpro speakers (with standard sub) in my MMR but don't notice a difference. I bought them so the voices would be more clear, but I don't think they are. I used the crimping clips that came with it instead of solder. Would that matter? The original speakers were soldered to the wires.

What I am noticing now is more of a buzz sound when it's idle, and there's an annoying rattling sound coming from the left metal edge and glass during play. Do I stuff something in that channel to muffle it or just put the original sub back? The problem with that is I had to crowbar out the old sub and its mdf platform, which were glued to the bottom of the cabinet, and the platform is damaged now.

Ha, pinballpro sells anti-rattle tape for $20. The speakers are just a trick to sell more tape! jk

Thanks. Do you mean this thing? Not sure what to do. I'm new to this.

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To clarify, the bass is definitely stronger, but I don't notice clearer or louder voices. That's what I want. I wish I could turn those up independent of the music.

This: http://pinballpro.net/shop/anti-rattle-tape-ar-1/

Worked for me, but I had to do it twice. There should be other sellers out there.

It's clear. Not masking tape. The blue is the backing that you peel off.

Some kind of clear thick tape.

The trolls on light are still too strong for me, but I like the catapult and castle on default.

I had to do it twice. Then it worked.

Yeah

I had an issue where balls would go inside the castle and sometimes not blow it up. I bent the moat enter switch wire enough that it fixed it, but then, ball locks would get triggered just from a ball dropping from the playfield into the moat. CGC sent me a new switch and wire, and everything works fine now.

I only had it like a month or two.

Is it normal for the open drawbridge to sometimes briefly raise when the ball rolls over it? When it happens, gate hits don't register. It happens less than 10% of the time.

I saw your post about the drawbridge not sitting flush. I think mine sits flush. It only raises a quarter of an inch as the ball goes over it and falls back down. No gate hit registered.

My shaker motor became loose tonight and started making a terrible noise. Luckily, the four bottom screws were just loose. Should I use loctite and/or lock washers? They had neither. I don't know if they should have already.