Check your scoop to see if a weld is broken first.

9 times out of 10 i get the ball bounce off the right and trap on the left. that one that doesn't i call the knuckle ball. keeps me on my toes.

maybe check to see if there is any play in the way it is mounted and tighten things up.

good luck.

Mine never gives it to the left flipper cleanly. I didn't see any broken welds on my scoop when I had it out, but I didn't exactly look for them either...was just cleaning up a little bit and test-fitting a light.

On TZ pitch is a factor, as weld on scoop broken, or adjusting below attachment a notch or put a washer under it ....
If you really getting annoyed by too many STDM, you could choose for a less powerfull coil.

The other issue is A-16434 (Kicker Assembly)...minor adjustments can change the ball direction.

Just installed a new Mantis scoop and had to deal with carefully adjusting the kicker.

Reviving this one from the dead to see if anyone can tell me how to adjust the slot machine kickout.

The welds are fine, but the ball keeps getting shot right at the tip of the right flipper. I've tried moving the Kicker assembly side to side, but the only change I noticed from that was slightly worse, so I've got it back dead center now. If anybody can tell me how to get the ball to strike more to the right on the flipper I'd really appreciate it.

Make sure the coil is hitting the ball dead center.

As best I can tell (using the switch slot as a guide) I've got it hitting dead center. At this point it seems like I need to bend or otherwise change the geometry of the scoop, but I can figure out how. The mounting holes have no wiggle room. I've tried bending it a bit, but I'm hesitant because I don't want to break the welds. Up thread someone mentioned washers, but I have no idea where to put them.

I'm considering ordering the replacement/redesigned scoop from Mantis, but not sure that'll make a difference on how the ball is aimed.

I think they are adding a washer in between where the scoop mounts to the playfield. I had to add one to my CFTBL after adding a cliffy. This allowed enough room for the ball to roll into the subway without catching the lip of the Cliffy. In your case, it may allow a bit of adjustment to the weldiment.

*** I'd be very carefull bending anything ****

I'm not sure what you're saying here. I do have a cliffy, but it's a slight drop down for the ball coming out of the scoop. Getting into the slot machine scoop is no problem, it's just the direction it takes when it pops out. If I add washers to the scoop attachment points, that should lower the scoop ever so slightly - is that what you're suggesting?

Has your game always been like this, or did it start doing this after shopping it or some other change?

Yes....without seeing the ball actually traveling, you could be hitting something as the ball comes up and out of the scoop. Also, you may want to experiment with adding washers on one side or the other, this would then alter the path that the ball is coming out of the hole as well.

Mine was doing as you describe. My welds were broken and a friend fixed the welds for me. Re-installed the scoop and still had same problem. I noticed that the scoop exit had been bent by someone to make the entrance wider, presumably to make the shot easier to hit. I bent the side at the scoop exit back to flush and now my kickout is a very predictable bounce over to the left flipper, 95% of the time.

Hard to say, it's been in storage for 6 years, and just set up within the last month, so I honestly don't remember what it played like previously.

Had problem with ball going sdtm. Welds good. Just put a small piece of stick on felt upper leftside and now ball goes straight to right flipper!!!!!! Will bounce and go to left flipper if desired.

Thanks, this sounds like an easy fix if I can't get it working some other way.

will have to experiment with size of felt. The bigger the piece, the more the ball will go to your right.

Hello,

This is an old thread but the felt idea helped.

Someone mentioned 'I noticed that the scoop exit had been bent by someone to make the entrance wider', this is how it is on both the right and left side of my scoop so I think it's part of the design as both are equally bent and match up with some other points in the layout.

Cheers,
Mike