(Topic ID: 227545)

ToM doesn't want to eject ball 3 or 4

By Brijam

5 years ago



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#1 5 years ago

My Theatre of Magic seems a little fussy, but I can't pin down the problem.

It ejects balls 1 and 2 fine. 3 and 4 it doesn't want to eject. Sometimes if you hit both flippers it ejects them. I have the same issue when playing, when testing the trough eject or doing eject balls in test.

Trough optos work fine. There was a plastic guide in the trough that was really dirty, I removed that, no effect. The trough itself doesn't seem damaged. So it feels mechanical in nature but I'm not seeing an obvious cause.

#2 5 years ago

I had a similar problem. It ended up being an adjustment in the mounting of the coil.

When multiple balls where in the trough, everything was fine; but when there was only one or two, the balls wouldn't end up far enough down the trough to be recognized or ejected.

Loosen the four screws holding the coil/upkicker assembly to the ball trough bracket and lower the assembly.

#3 5 years ago

I had this problem because the balls became magnetized (they stick together in the trough eject). Can easily be tested by placing them on a level surface touching each other and then move one ball, if the other balls stick to the moving one, replace them.

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