centaur solenoid expander question

robotype

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I still have a problem with centaur captive orbs, the kick is too weak so the ball won't reach the playfield. I was testing these two solenoid expanders and I noticed one has a mod on the solder side, they cut a trace and put a diode, this one actually shoots better than the otherone...but not enough unfortunately. could I try another diode or some other modification? replace the relay? anybody have experience with this?

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/48/centaursolenoidexpander.jpg
 
I resoldered the header on the one w/ the diode but didn't help. but I noticed the strenght of the ball release solenoid becomes progressively weaker each time it shoots, the first 2 balls will actually reach the playfield but after 5 or 6 balls it won't even exit from the flap so it goes back in the under lane and stays like that until the games is turned off for like 1 hour...could it be the relay which is faulty? or some other component not related to the solenoid expander?
 
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