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Weird spring connection on a stepper unit

By bklossner

11 years ago



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#1 11 years ago
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bklossner

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Hi folks,

Slowly, and I mean slooooooowly, getting around to systematically cleaning everything inside my "Doodle Bug" machine and came across this really odd spring connection on a resetting stepper unit underneath the playfield. I believe this is the "Match" unit.

Looking at the one spring that's bent in a U-shape and connecting some armatures and I'm thinking to myself, "This can't be right."

The diagram of this unit on the Williams Parts Manual on PlanetaryPinball.com definitely doesn't show a spring being used in this fashion. And if you notice, the other two springs look nice and shiny, so I have no idea how long the u-shaped spring has been there.

Is this a factory stock connection? I'm kinda thinking someone tried to save some time/money/parts by using one spring instead of two to secure this connection...

Any ideas?

Thanks.

-Bob

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#2 11 years ago
 
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Pin-it

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Try this.
Spring is not on right thats for sure.

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#3 11 years ago
 
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way2wyrd

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lol yeah not factory

you can order a new set of springs from pbresource

--Jeff

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#4 11 years ago
 
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EM-PINMAN

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Quoted from way2wyrd:

lol yeah not factory

you can order a new set of springs from pbresource

Ditto!

Ken

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#5 11 years ago
 
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stashyboy

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typical hack to overcome a sluggish advance movement.......

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#6 11 years ago
 
CJM

EM-PINMAN

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Quoted from stashyboy:

typical hack to overcome a sluggish advance movement.

Or a broken original spring with no real replacement available immediately, so then the Hack begins.

Ken

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#7 11 years ago
 
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Pin-it

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Quoted from EM-PINMAN:

Or a broken original spring with no real replacement available immediately, so then the Hack begins.
Ken

Or it could have been this craze.

SLINKY SONG
What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs
and makes a slinkity sound?
A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing!
Everyone knows it's Slinky.
It's Slinky, it's Slinky,
It's fun, it's a wonderful toy.
It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun,
It's a wonderful toy.
It's fun for a girl or a boy.

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#8 11 years ago
 
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Pin-it

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#9 11 years ago
 
CJM

EM-PINMAN

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Quoted from Pin-it:

SLINKY SONG

Here let me help.

I think his Stepper Spring is just a miniature version Slinky that got stuck in a pinball machine... well...maybe not.

Ken

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#10 11 years ago
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bklossner

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11y 37,150 190

Yuuuuuuup. That's what I thought.

Thanks everyone!

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