Quoted from chancegino:I just bought a Starwars LE 4 weeks ago and I notice I have an issue with outlane gate. When the ball goes down the outlane and the outlane gate opens then the ball ends up in the shooter lane, the gate doesn’t close and reset. Even when it goes into a new game or another player the outlane gate does not close or reset. Even when I shut the game down and started it up again the outlane gate stays open and doesn’t reset. Any ideas on a fix for this and has anybody else experienced this issue.
I had the opposite where the gate on my LE wouldn't open.
Make sure the gate hast a slight amount of up/down play (like flippers do) so it's not binding on the pivot shaft.
If that's ok, then I suspect the flat metal plate that the small coil pulls on is binding at its pivot point. The spring is supposed to pull it away from the coil when the coil has no power. That closes the gate. If it's jamming, you might need to do some 'adjusting' to loosen it up so it moves freely. I used pliers on mine to give it a bit of a sideways tug. It's been good since. Or, you can talk to your distributor and see if they can get a replacement assembly for you from Stern.
See if it's binding/jammed where the white arrow is.
Rob
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