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Title: WMS 40S5/401 (and others) Reels leaning to the right? Post by: KirkLasVegas on January 18, 2009, 07:01:06 PM This is a "Annoyance" i have with a few of mine. It seems the reels tend to lean over to the right, making the lineup with the payglass look sloppy. I see it more with the black plastic reel assemblies than the lighter color ones. Some have a metal backing plate, looks like the ones in the Winning Streak DO NOT.
Anyone have experiance with fixing this? here are a few pics... Title: Re: WMS 40S5/401 (and others) Reels leaning to the right? Post by: StatFreak on January 18, 2009, 07:51:24 PM I'm not the only one!! :72- :72- :72-
I took some tape and "rolled" it into a flat "pillow" to make it several layers thick. Then I taped that shim to the bottom of the end of the back arm that rests on the reel deck. Here are some pictures. I used clear tape so it's a bit hard to see. The second pictures show it best. You'll have to estimate how thick a shim you need and test it once or twice. Add a shim to each reel as needed. Title: Re: WMS 40S5/401 (and others) Reels leaning to the right? Post by: KirkLasVegas on January 18, 2009, 07:57:02 PM here are a few pics of the differant reel assemblies.....
You can see the lighter color one is BEEFY! Title: Re: WMS 40S5/401 (and others) Reels leaning to the right? Post by: KirkLasVegas on January 18, 2009, 07:58:52 PM "After" picture.....
Reel one has been swapped out with a lighter color reel assembly, notice it's almost "dead nuts on"... Thanks for the "pillow" idea! I will swap these out, but sooner or later I will run out of Reels.... Kirk Title: Re: WMS 40S5/401 (and others) Reels leaning to the right? Post by: StatFreak on January 18, 2009, 07:59:45 PM Maybe they got complaints from casino techs and improved them at some point? :103-
Title: Re: WMS 40S5/401 (and others) Reels leaning to the right? Post by: KirkLasVegas on January 18, 2009, 08:04:55 PM Maybe they got complaints from casino techs and improved them at some point? :103- I dont know, but it's really annoying! Thanks for the shim idea...will try that on my "Shopping Spree" as it's doing it too...Kirk Title: Re: WMS 40S5/401 (and others) Reels leaning to the right? Post by: StatFreak on January 18, 2009, 08:10:40 PM Maybe they got complaints from casino techs and improved them at some point? :103- I dont know, but it's really annoying! Thanks for the shim idea...will try that on my "Shopping Spree" as it's doing it too...Kirk FWIW the reels haven't gotten any worse since I first added the shims. They line up and haven't been touched (until 20 minutes ago) for almost 2 years. |