bridgeda
New member
Ended up buying a SWT machine over the weekend and perhaps someone that has worked on one before can offer up a suggestion to get the dang cannon magna diverter assembly working correctly.
What I am running into is, when the magnet engages to pick up the ball, the cannons recoil that moves it onto the other part of the ramp doesn't function. It seems to pull back only half way and then releases the ball. The function wasn't working properly when I bought it, so I took it all apart and cleaned out the coil and the moving parts. When you test it with out a ball being held by the magnet it works just fine. What I am wondering is: Should I consider a stronger coil to give it that extra bit of pull? Do the rails that the cannon runs along with the brass bushings itself need to be lubricated? If so would 4 in 1 Oil be the correct choice?
This isn't my first machine, but its the first time that I have owned one with a moving magnet driven system in it and the manual isn't very helpful on the subject. Also is the plastic x wing piece still available any ware? Mine is missing a laser cannon.
Thanks folks!
What I am running into is, when the magnet engages to pick up the ball, the cannons recoil that moves it onto the other part of the ramp doesn't function. It seems to pull back only half way and then releases the ball. The function wasn't working properly when I bought it, so I took it all apart and cleaned out the coil and the moving parts. When you test it with out a ball being held by the magnet it works just fine. What I am wondering is: Should I consider a stronger coil to give it that extra bit of pull? Do the rails that the cannon runs along with the brass bushings itself need to be lubricated? If so would 4 in 1 Oil be the correct choice?
This isn't my first machine, but its the first time that I have owned one with a moving magnet driven system in it and the manual isn't very helpful on the subject. Also is the plastic x wing piece still available any ware? Mine is missing a laser cannon.
Thanks folks!