Help with an all mechanical Aristocrat Slot Machine - reels don't spin

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Help with an all mechanical Aristocrat Slot Machine - reels don't spin

Hi,
I have an all Mechanical Aristocrat Slot Machine and the reels don't spin when you pull the handle. If I pull the reel locking pins (?) out, then the reels will spin. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks
 
Look for a broken spring. Sometimes they get so gunked up inside that you have to lubricate everything to make it work they way it should.

Normally, I try to figure out the logic (okay, this goes down, which pulls that lever which stretches that spring, etc) to see if I can figure out where the issue is. Usually I find a spring popped off or broke, or a gravity lever (something that falls back into place on it's own rather than by a spring) is sticky and isn't going back to the correct spot for the next pull.

of course, there might have been a jam that was forced, and now something is bent in there, but start with the "easy stuff", and prepare to get dirty....
 
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