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1 Taito Ice Cold Beer

1.1 Motor Replacement

Replacement motors for Ice Cold Beer were available from Twisty Arcade a few years ago. The installation procedure for this motor, or an equivalent that may be found, follows.

The motor from Twisty Arcade came with a 6.2ohm, 5W resistor. It may be necessary to replace this part with a 10ohm, 5W resistor to slow the motor a bit more. If your game raises the bar too far to "serve" the ball, install a replacement resistor of perhaps 8.2ohm, 5W, or even the 10ohm part.

• Taito Ice Cold Beer Replacement Motor Installation
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  The replacement motor to be installed. The motor comes with an inline current limiting resistor (6.2ohm, 5W) to slow the new motor speed to close to the original motor speed.
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  The OEM bracket, showing 4 motor attach points.
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  The OEM Motor, showing the gear to be transferred to the new motor.
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  Use a hack saw to cut the shaft off the original motor.
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  Position the shaft/gear in a vice but don't tighten the vice on the shaft. Punch out the old shaft.
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  With the "tail" of the new motor shaft on a solid surface, gently tap the original gear onto the new motor shaft.
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  The original gear, installed on the new motor shaft. Note that the shaft doesn't quite come to the gear edge, so that it mates correctly when installed into the gearbox.
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  Enlarge the hole in the original bracket to 13mm. Here a 1/2" bit in a drill press (clamp the part down before drilling) is used to remove most of the material...
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  ...and then a rat tail file is used to complete the enlargement.
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  The original bracket, deburred, and installed on the new motor. Two screws are sufficient to hold the motor in place.
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  A view of the new motor and original gear, perfectly aligned with the motor gearbox.
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  The new motor, in place, ready to go.