Got a Roadshow that's working great, except for Red's eyeballs. Every 10th time or so she glances right, her eyeballs get stuck that way. It's not a solenoid issue, as the solenoids continue to fire as normal. It's something physical. The nylon part is moving too far to the left, and the eye link doesn't want to collapse because it's being pushed at too direct an angle. It can't do this to the right, because the blink linkage is in the way, preventing the nylon part from being able to move too far. I guess I don't quite understand what the eyeball spring bar does, but I'm starting to suspect that. These heads drive me nuts. Anyone seen this before and know the answer?

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What's even creepier is taking the faces off. If you've ever cleaned them while still attached, it'll look like the eyes were crying inside the face. Anyways, thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitely take it out of the playfield and clean it, and take a look at the nylon bit and the spring bar.

For anyone else having this problem, it was indeed cracks in the nylon thingie with the eyelets. This allows it to droop and deform, and results in the eyes getting stuck as the thing bends around the actuator.