Bally 1090-18 reel issue

[Pintom]

Hey guys I'm a newbie to slot machine ownership/repair but I have been working on EM pinballs and arcade games for years. I have an Issue with my reel mech that I can't figure out the 1st reel wouldn't spin when I got it I went through the mechs making sure to address anything that needed attention the problem is the wiper arm retracts then releases immediately I can remove the reels and it acts as it should hopefully you guys might have some insight. 

[wolftalk]

the most common problem is the machine is kicking the reels before the reel index arm is fully retracted.

look on the right side of the reel mech at the back/bottom and there is an L-shaped "stop" bracket.  Loosen and nudge the bracket a little towards the front of the mech.  Typically the right edge of the bracket is aligned or a little left of the edge of the frame.

if you move the bracket too far to the left, the handle bottom out and you're stuck.  If that happens, you can reach in with a long dowel/screwdriver and push the pawl that is hitting the stop bracket to kick off the reels.

while it's never happened before, you may find info in https://bingo.cdyn.com/slots/windup_and_kick/ useful.

there's also poorly edited (i.e. not at all) video in https://bingo.cdyn.com/slots/videos/ ... see How_reels_spin.mp4

paperwork for some games is in https://bingo.cdyn.com/slots/

if you really have a 1090-18 (vs. just the serial number plate from one),  the paperwork for the 1090-1 will be close.  My docs say the w-1046-1857 schem you'll find in the 1090-1 folder is correct for the 1090-18 also.  The -18 had different reel tapes and the reel 2 index disc was different.

you'll have no trouble following the schem - only thing ya really need to know is both the coin relay and handle release relay are electrically tripped and mechanically reset.

[Pintom]

Thank you so much for the links!  I have noticed it seems to work if I slow down the pull.