Just posting this up here in case anyone gets similar problems:
Had an issue with the X-Wing motor on the Sega Star Wars Trilogy I’m working on for a mate.
The problem was it would not rotate smoothly. It was swinging out and going back to home position (after some delicate adjustments) correctly but it was really slow and stuttery, like it was being restricted somehow or something was slipping.
I checked the obvious of the wires going to it snagging on something but no issues there.
Then I went underneath to make sure the armature of the motor was securely secured on to the rods at the motor end also the X-Wing end. Again, no issues, both were securely fastened with Allen screws with no slippage.
Whilst underneath playfield I noted that the rod coming out from the motor housing was the thing that was stuttering and slipping as it turned.
I took motor off it’s bracket, took armature off and ran the motor again to see if it was maybe the weight of the armature.
The rod was still stuttering and slipping as it turned.
So I took the back off the casing of the motor to look inside.
When I had the back of the casing off I ran the motor and everything was fine. Rod was turning freely with no stuttering or slippage.
So then I reattached the armature and ran motor again - with back of case still off - again, rod turned freely with no stuttering or slippage so it clearly wasn’t the weight of the armature.
Reattached back of case and thing started stuttering and slipping again. Case fully on was causing the issue. Back of case needs to be on otherwise the magnet that drives the motor will drop out.
So I reattached the back of the case but this time did not push it all the way down and instead taped it on with about 3mm gap on it.
Thing works a treat now (though it did not work at all when I left an even bigger gap so 3-5 mm seems to be optimum!)
Like I say just posting in case anyone has similar issue - I could find nothing when I Google searched it so hopefully this post will help someone out in the future and save them the couple of hours I lost figuring this one out!
I would have shot videos but hard to press start button and hold camera up to shoot video so a couple of photos - first with back of case fully on and second with the 3mm gap left (not pushed fully back on).
Had an issue with the X-Wing motor on the Sega Star Wars Trilogy I’m working on for a mate.
The problem was it would not rotate smoothly. It was swinging out and going back to home position (after some delicate adjustments) correctly but it was really slow and stuttery, like it was being restricted somehow or something was slipping.
I checked the obvious of the wires going to it snagging on something but no issues there.
Then I went underneath to make sure the armature of the motor was securely secured on to the rods at the motor end also the X-Wing end. Again, no issues, both were securely fastened with Allen screws with no slippage.
Whilst underneath playfield I noted that the rod coming out from the motor housing was the thing that was stuttering and slipping as it turned.
I took motor off it’s bracket, took armature off and ran the motor again to see if it was maybe the weight of the armature.
The rod was still stuttering and slipping as it turned.
So I took the back off the casing of the motor to look inside.
When I had the back of the casing off I ran the motor and everything was fine. Rod was turning freely with no stuttering or slippage.
So then I reattached the armature and ran motor again - with back of case still off - again, rod turned freely with no stuttering or slippage so it clearly wasn’t the weight of the armature.
Reattached back of case and thing started stuttering and slipping again. Case fully on was causing the issue. Back of case needs to be on otherwise the magnet that drives the motor will drop out.
So I reattached the back of the case but this time did not push it all the way down and instead taped it on with about 3mm gap on it.
Thing works a treat now (though it did not work at all when I left an even bigger gap so 3-5 mm seems to be optimum!)
Like I say just posting in case anyone has similar issue - I could find nothing when I Google searched it so hopefully this post will help someone out in the future and save them the couple of hours I lost figuring this one out!
I would have shot videos but hard to press start button and hold camera up to shoot video so a couple of photos - first with back of case fully on and second with the 3mm gap left (not pushed fully back on).
