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« 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...

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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2009, 07:51:24 PM »
I'm not the only one!!  rotflmao rotflmao rotflmao

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.

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« Reply #2 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!

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« Reply #3 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

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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2009, 07:59:45 PM »
Maybe they got complaints from casino techs and improved them at some point? Scratch Head
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2009, 08:04:55 PM »
Quote from: StatFreak on January 18, 2009, 07:59:45 PM
Maybe they got complaints from casino techs and improved them at some point? Scratch Head
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
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2009, 08:10:40 PM »
Quote from: KirkLasVegas on January 18, 2009, 08:04:55 PM
Quote from: StatFreak on January 18, 2009, 07:59:45 PM
Maybe they got complaints from casino techs and improved them at some point? Scratch Head
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.
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