I started to shop out my pinbot and was manually raising and lowering the visor targets (probably a dumb move) and now when I turn it on the motor continuously runs but nothing happens. The visor targets can not be lowered or raised with the motor. Here is a video of what is happening. Any ideas? Did I destroy the motor by raising and lowering it by hand?

I've taken it apart as much as I'm able to but still don't get what's happening. Are the teeth supposed to spin with the motor? You can see in the video it doesn't look like they are catching?

Thanks for the replies. Here is another video, I put a black dot on the motor to show that it's not actually rotating, not sure if this is normal? Good to know that this part is available. Any suggestions on where to get one? Does it look like this one is done for?

So I guess the motor is supposed to spin all the way around, that would make sense. Well...crap. So you think just the motor is what I need to replace (just this part http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/14-7941)? Thanks again!

I guess I'll order that motor if the consensus is that's the issue and will fix it

About to try and take the motor apart in hopes I can somehow get it working (last ditch effort). Any suggestions on how to go about this? Does it just pull apart, is there a trick? This is all new to me.

If I don't have any success I'll order the motor. Based on the videos, does it seem that I only need the motor part (ie the part I posted above)? Or would I need the entire assembly? I haven't seen anyone selling the whole set up so hoping it's just the motor piece.

Thanks! This all new to me so that is very helpful. So I stripped a gear, would that part from Marco fix this or will I have to replace the whole dang assembly? Also is there some trick to taking this thing apart? It's driving me crazy. Assuming I need to loosen this screw? It won't budgeimage.jpg

Thanks again, I may have to look into a product like that. That little screw just ain't moving.

Ok I got the new motor and now looking for some help getting it connected. I'm sure this is basic stuff but how do I go about connecting this? Appears that the wires for the old motor are pretty stuck in the connector, also do I need to reuse these "tips" (not sure what else to call them) somehow (pic 2)?. Pic 1 is just showing what the wire ends look like for the new motor. image.jpg

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Well crap. Is there somewhere locally to pick up these tools I need (Home Depot, etc.)? So sounds like the tools will allow me to extract the existing pins and reuse them?

Maybe I'll give this a shot, really don't want to have to spend more money (those tools are pricey). Don't have experience splicing wires but I'll do some research.

I'm going to give this a shot, seems fairly easy. Thanks everyone!

I'm a little confused on what the "gears" are I guess. This is what I got, does this include the "gearbox".
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Last question before trying this, does it matter which wire I solder to the other? Don't see any writing or anything on either of the new wires, they look the same...?

Hope that question makes sense. I'm not looking at it now, but hopefully I can figure that part out before soldering

Done! Works like a charm now. Thanks everyone for the help, couldn't have done it without you!