Please add me to the interested list. I have gone through 2 motor in the last year due to the current design. I would love to have a better/smoother design installed.

Thanks,

ken

The motor probably isn't burned out, but at least one of the gears is free spinning. I need to take it apart and see if it is a different one from the first motor. If it is, I can mix and match gears until I get a complete set and then reassemble it.

It is on location at The Game Preserve in Houston so it gets a lot of play and if it jams or acts up, most of the time the person just moves on and it may be hours before it gets noticed. That is what happened this last time. A ball knocked a screw loose from a plastic post that fell into the mechanism and jammed it up. It didn't get noticed until the next morning when powering it up, the playfield didn't do it's normal up-down dance. Grrrrrrr.

ken

That was exactly what happened to the first motor. I found a "how to" online, but the author warned not to use a propane torch or you could melt the gears. That made me look for a new motor rather than try to fix the gears. Now that it has happened again, I may try his method and if I do melt the gears, then look for a new motor. Worst case, I end up with a set of junk gears. Best case, I can fix 2 motors and have a spare.

Or if the OP gets his parts together, I would be willing to spend those bucks on a real fix that would have a chance of lasting.

ken

I am still interested and willing to be a beta tester. My Dr. Who is currently under the weather as the mini-playfield jammed and stripped the gears of the motor seem to be stripped.

ken