I am in the process of finishing the restore on a Stern Meteor. After replacing the drop targets I noticed that a couple of the three bank targets don't latch properly and drop down after a reset. the drop down is random, they seem to come up high enough to latch and do half the time. I noticed that when they don't latch, the targets come up at a slight angle. Could this be due to old springs? If so, what are the best replacement springs for this model?
I had this problem with the "METEOR" drop targets. It was due to the ware on the target base shaft. Whe I replaced the shaft with a newly turned shaft, they worked like new. There is very little ware on the three bank target shaft, so can't be the same cause.
If you do replace the springs, make sure they aren't too strong.
Mine had shortened springs when I got it and I had trouble with targets snapping at the spring mounting point.
From memory I think the standard springs are about 40mm long
