Any tricks of the trade here? For my Bally 80's titles, I would take a pool cue and insert it into a fairly standard hole in the PF. Stern doesn't appear to have a place to insert a pool cue.

I've been belly aching about these posts for years (along with many of you). It's one thing to provide a less expensive but equivalent mechanism (like the backbone screws, or lockdown hinges), but the posts just don't work. Adjusting the flippers shouldn't be this difficult...especially when the manufacturer doesn't take the time to align the flippers properly.

Thanks for any help,

snaroff

3 weeks later

#2 6 years ago

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YeOldPinPlayer

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LTG can probably tell you.

#3 6 years ago

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snaroff

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Jupiter, FL

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I imagine he'd tell me to purchase the rails, which I've done

The posts are just useless...one day, Stern will abolish them and do the right thing.

snaroff

#4 6 years ago

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Pin_Guy

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I total agree with you here, Stern not including maintenance rails on pros is just ridiculous. I've seen some of the tech around here pull the playfield out and set it down with the wiring resting on the edge of the machine to work on it and even though I cringe every time I see this done; so far, there hasn't been any ill effects from them doing so.

This is my personal experience and is your to do with as you will.

#5 6 years ago

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snaroff

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Jupiter, FL

11y 93,800 5,831 15

Quoted from Pin_Guy:
I total agree with you here, Stern not including maintenance rails on pros is just ridiculous. I've seen some of the tech around here pull the playfield out and set it down with the wiring resting on the edge of the machine to work on it and even though I cringe every time I see this done; so far, there hasn't been any ill effects from them doing so.
This is my personal experience and is your to do with as you will.

I've bent Stern executive's ears on this one for years. With all the competition for pinball $$, I'm hopeful they will finally throw Pro customers a bone and do the right thing on this. It benefits everyone, since flippers are a big maintenance issue.

#6 6 years ago

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Gnatty

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As long as you keep buying their shit machines, why would they change it?

#7 6 years ago

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TheLaw

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You can buy service rails and attach them yourself; sadly that's the only way they're going to change.

#8 6 years ago

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ngoett

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I always set pro playfields on the sling brackets, never had a single problem setting it on those, just dont pinch wires.

#9 6 years ago

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TheLaw

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Quoted from ngoett:
I always set pro playfields on the sling brackets, never had a single problem setting it on those, just dont pinch wires.

Yup that'll work.

#10 6 years ago

DNO

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Quoted from ngoett:
I always set pro playfields on the sling brackets, never had a single problem setting it on those, just dont pinch wires.

This

#11 6 years ago

DNO

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Highlands Ranch, CO

11y 73,800 1,976 45

Rest the brackets on the lockdown receiver, put a rag or shirt down to protect things more if you like.
Be careful not to knock it off the brackets, it can try to slide.

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