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Title: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Raven395 on August 03, 2012, 11:44:32 am
Hi,
I bought a bottle rack for an Ideal 55 slider, and it to tall and the holes don't line up. Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone have a fix?
Thanks


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Slider-Bob on August 03, 2012, 12:04:14 pm
You may have bought a rack from a Cornelius slider, and they don't fit in Ideal sliders. 

Post a pic and we can help identify what you have.


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Raven395 on August 03, 2012, 12:47:23 pm
This is the machine I got it from


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Kilroy on August 03, 2012, 12:57:24 pm
What are the measurements = looks to be an ideal 35 in the pic


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Slider-Bob on August 03, 2012, 01:05:29 pm
Post a pic of the rack.  I think that is an Ideal 55.


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Kilroy on August 03, 2012, 01:11:30 pm
i defer to the slider man.  I'm tired, it's hot,  and i need new glasses, the body  looks stubby to me.


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Raven395 on August 03, 2012, 01:14:46 pm
That's all I got. But yeah it's off by like an inch in height going vertical. Thanks for your help on this.


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Raven395 on August 03, 2012, 01:16:02 pm
The rack fits, but the height is off


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Raven395 on August 03, 2012, 01:26:24 pm
Roughly 28 1/2" long 13" wide 11 3/4" tall


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Raven395 on August 03, 2012, 01:30:14 pm
That's not the machine I bought, just the pieces off it. My machine is clearly a 55 slider double dot. But thank you guys for your help.


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Slider-Bob on August 03, 2012, 01:34:56 pm
You have the right rack. Right now, it is placed too high inside the tub.


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Raven395 on August 03, 2012, 01:59:58 pm
That's the problem I can get it any lower. Where the coin Mech makes its way through it doesn't line up with the rack, almost like the rack is like an inch taller.


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: Slider-Bob on August 03, 2012, 03:03:54 pm
The coin mech sqaure shaft goes thru the hole on the side of the machine and fits into the square hole on the flapper/bottle gate. 

Do you have a bottle gate/flapper?


Title: Re: Ideal 55 bottle rack
Post by: MoonDawg on August 03, 2012, 03:22:30 pm
     Could there have been extension brackets welded to the lower front and back?
This would essentially raise the rack, but these are primarily found on the Ideal 35 and maybe others but I have never seen them on the 55.