So I got this Tron and it was working well except that the spinner was a little bit sketchy. It would jump sometimes, making it hard to aim. Then all the sudden it was working great so I kind of forgot about the problem. Well today I took the control panel off for some light-bulb maintenance and when I put it together, the spinner was kind of jumpy again.
So I took the spinner apart and investigated and found 3 things I thought were likely problematic:
1) A pin on the main connector was pushed out some, possibly making a bad connection. Pushed it back into it's proper spot.
2) Two of the plastic clips that hold the optic board in place were broken, allowing the board to move around. Strapped it down tight with a long zip-tie as a temp fix. Seems very stable now.
3) One of the capacitors on the board was completely disconnected on one end. Remove the capacitor and put a new one in its place.
Cleaned the optics with alcohol and slapped it all together and it worked beautifully for exactly one game. But then it suddenly got way worse than it ever had. It only operates in a very small range. I put it in test mode and the numbers are suspicious to me: it goes from 64 to 127 which is awfully close to 2^6th power and 2^7th power.
So what do you think? Spinner issue? Or PCB issue?
So I took the spinner apart and investigated and found 3 things I thought were likely problematic:
1) A pin on the main connector was pushed out some, possibly making a bad connection. Pushed it back into it's proper spot.
2) Two of the plastic clips that hold the optic board in place were broken, allowing the board to move around. Strapped it down tight with a long zip-tie as a temp fix. Seems very stable now.
3) One of the capacitors on the board was completely disconnected on one end. Remove the capacitor and put a new one in its place.
Cleaned the optics with alcohol and slapped it all together and it worked beautifully for exactly one game. But then it suddenly got way worse than it ever had. It only operates in a very small range. I put it in test mode and the numbers are suspicious to me: it goes from 64 to 127 which is awfully close to 2^6th power and 2^7th power.
So what do you think? Spinner issue? Or PCB issue?

