Pinbot
Williams, 1986I'm in the middle of my first restore on a Pinbot I got last year.
I'm having a problem installing the repro vortex ramp.
The flap on the bottom of the vortex ramp sits about a ¼ inch above the playfield.
I haven’t seen anything on the forums about there being an issue with these.
So what do you guys think before I ruin the ramp with a dremel tool?
Keep searching. I am redoing a pinbot right now too and recall reading something about this issue somewhere.
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.games.pinball/2006-08/msg11333.html
Read thru some of that.
You may have to just bend it down a bit.
Also check to make sure the metal part is sitting in a little groove on the playfield. I recall mine having a little notch set out for it.
Blackbeard, did a little more searching and found this thread on rgp.
http://rgparchive-removed.com/rgpforum/showthread.php?t=134884&highlight=vortex
This guy goes into great detail about the design of the ramp.
This part here really describes the problem.
the original ramp plastic has a decided drop down under the flap so that the flap lays down nicely.
The repro ramp doesn't have that, so the thing sits up almost 1/8" high.
Here is a picture showing the new and old ramp so you can see what I'm talking about.
I think if I just bend it down a bit, there will be a hump there.
Just dremel it to fit. I had to do the same to my repro Cyclone comet ramp, way too thick at the bottom. I simply dremeled it at an angle so the ramp itself rested flush to the playfield, and the flap laid perfectly. You don't want the hump.
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