Hey all, been posting a bit about this in the Godzilla owners thread but figured I'd head to the tech forum as it is more appropriate for the issue I'm having. I just got my first pin and I'm having trouble with the Stern shaker motor I bought rattling and sounding like a jackhammer rather than the much smoother ones I've heard in some Godzilla LE's I've played on location.

Here's a video (rattling is somewhat subdued as I took the video while I had the weights offset 180 to try to fix the issue): https://photos.app.goo.gl/E8DkwE82pAZ3kZXA8

After a bunch of trial and error on nailing down what exactly was rattling (checked glass, playfield, backbox, plastic cover, legs, legs on different flooring), I finally nailed it down to the U shaped casing/mounting bracket around the motor rattling against the motor when it shakes. I noticed that the casing was only screwed onto the motor from one side with four Philips head screws and not at all on the opposite side, and that I could flex it away from the motor if I pulled a bit. As a very crappy test, I jammed some very thick cardboard in the gap between the casing and the motor opposite of the screwed in side and low and behold my jackhammer is MIA. Has anyone found a better solution than this? Is there a way I can tighten things down that I'm missing? Thinking I might just give up and order a PinballLife one that has the bolt running across the top between the casing walls that seemingly is there to prevent this from happening.

Thanks for any suggestions

Found a pretty good fix I think, 14" cable tie around the very top of the casing/mounting bracket pulled as tight as possible with pliers. Might not last forever, but took about 30 seconds to put on and they're like 25 cents a piece.

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