Did the Wheel of Fortune ever break?

Answer 1

The show is recorded and it can be edited out. It is not a simple device and when moved must be taken apart. "The Wheel" is framed with steel tube on which tiers of Plexiglas are placed supported by stainless steel rods. Over 200 specialized, computerized lighting instruments capable of up to 2 million different color choices are interwoven into the framework. It is all topped by the Wheel which spins on a stainless steel shaft supported by roller bearings. Seventy-three stainless steel pins fly past three hard rubber "flippers" giving it an unmistakable sound. In all it weighs in at a little over 2400 lbs. And because there is only one Wheel, it is dismantled and reassembled wherever the show travels to tape in a different location.