I've just picked up a Space Station which is a lot of fun to play. There is a wire gate that allows/prevents the ball from being docked in the upper right under the space station. The wire gate appears to be loosely hanging and can only be opened forward (toward the flippers). However, it appears that the gate is not attached or controlled electronically. The problem is that once a ball is docked in the upper right, the gate remains open. If you hit another ball in that area, the machine can't find the ball in play and ends up ejecting the 2 balls. I would have thought that the gate would be controlled to remain up until a ball is docked at which time the gate would drop preventing an additional ball from going into the docking area.

I've attached an image.

I appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks.
Tom

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The advise is greatly appreciated. I see what you're saying. The gate should always be down and locking the ball on the right side happens via the right ramp/station. The gate was stuck open and I was thinking that the gate was supposed to be controlled electronically. I just read the instruction sheet and it stated "Ramp to right of playfield, takes ball to either lock, depending on position of Space Station divertor (see below)".

The gate was getting stuck open when locked ball exits.

Thanks again.
Tom

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I recently picked up a Space Station and it is very fast, fun and challenging (the right outlane drains frequently). I notice the same alignment issue. I'm going to dig into it as well. There are times that it appears that the ball is supposed to be "left docked" but the station is misaligned and ends up just sending the ball onto the play field. There are other times where the station is not level with the ramp and the ball gets caught between the station and the ramp.