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I have a Big Bertha machine and the gate that holds back the balls keeps malfunctioning. After messing with it a bit, it will work for a decent number of plays. However, it will always end up acting like the motor is strained and just stops trying turn the motor at all. Is there a component that needs replacing in this situation? The motor works perfect when actually wants to go and shows no signs of being burnt or worn out. There's a big polypropolene capacitor on motor as well, but I don't know if that could be causing the issue. Any thoughts?