Quoted from Wildcat_33:Just went and cracked it open. Included inside is a printout from the manual and yes, I believe the 3 large rings are 2".[quoted image]
Bummer. Those will work but they're gonna be super tight. The 3 larger rings are supposed to be 2.5 inch on RCT. If you look at the playboy manual (game made the same year as rct 2002) you'll see they specify 2.5" rings for the slings. The slings on the playboy and rct are exactly the same. The RCT manual is wrong and perpetuates incorrect rubber rings being put on all RCTs.
So, what happens is the very 1st person to shop the RCT will order and receive the ring kit with the wrong sizes but probably not even realize it. They'll stretch those too small rubbers and make them work because they don't know any better. Each time the game is shopped in the future, it gets incorrect rubber rings over and over because the manual is wrong and sellers aren't smart enough to update their rubber kits & game owners assume sellers are providing the correct sizes. Everyone needs to go check their RCT rings and see if they're all too tight. The game will play much differently with too small rings that are stretched to the limit.
I just ordered almost $400 worth of bulk white rubbers (in every size) from marco so I don't have to go through this hassle again.
My RCT is a 1 owner HUO game that had NEVER been shopped so all the rings are original. My pics above are of the original rings next to the rings that the manual specifies. They're totally wrong. Don't believe everything you read.
When I brought this to the attention of the gameroomguys on ebay and titan pinball they both say the SAME THING... we got our sizes straight from the manual so we can't be wrong. I'm sure marco would say the same thing if asked.