Dangerterror

Also, when your taking the gofer apart check the shaft. There is a roll pin that holds the shaft together in the middle and sometimes can wiggle out a bit. It slides through the coil sleeve and catches the sleeve preventing the gofer to go all the way up. This has happened to me a couple times. Had to take the whole gofer mech apart and pull the shaft out of the coil and hammer the roll pin back in. image.jpgimage.jpg

Obviously you know your gofer mechs and have them properly put together since you've done this a few times. Maybe try swapping whole bud and buzz mechs around and see if your problem switches sides (I have not done this but would think u could easily swap). If it stays on the same side it might be the sensor if not then that's ruled out. If it switches then you know it's in the mech, maybe bad coil etc just trying to narrow it down

Hotdog inserts tend to warp easier than other inserts because of their shape and size which causes them to crack away from the factory clear coat making them loosen up and raise. Some can be a tight fit. Others can be loose and be pushed down but will raise back up. You can seal it under neath the playfield to hold it.

That whole gofer mech has a bunch of parts but I've taken them apart and put them back together a lot. Don't worry about it. It's easy. Your first time doing it so just take pictures so if you forget you can look back to see how everything goes on place. If I remember correctly after taking the whole mech out the plate on top of the gofers and the gofers themselves come off first so you shouldn't have any problems.

Yes take the mech out from underside of playfield. You will have to disconnect the wires to it but they just clip in. Then unscrew the plate on top of the gofers head and then there will be a bolt that holds the gofers head on that you unscrew. Pull the head off. It's not a full head it is just the front and sides. It's been awhile since I've did it so I'm just going by memory. Should be simple. If you get confused shoot me a pm and I'll take mine out and walk you through it

I have a chip on the bottom of my sand trap banana insert. What makes it hard is that the playfield has a factory clear coat over the whole playfield. My insert lettering and everything is still there but the clear coat chipped away and I thought I could just put some clear down on the spot but I was told that if I want to fix it properly I have to put the clear on the insert chip area and make it level and then I'd have to clear coat again over the whole playfield to make it look uniform. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I've been told and I have no experience in that so it sounds to difficult for me to do.

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Make sure the plates on the gofer heads are level with the playfield. If they are a hair off it can cause the ball to jump a little and hit the ramp and the ball will not go all the way back to lock. These can be adjusted up or down on the bottom of the gofer mechs

No never. It looks like your slam ramp is angled to much to the right which is leaving that big of gap allowing a ball to get stuck

If your guys gofer mechs don't fall check the shaft of the gofer mech. You will have to disassemble the whole gofer and pull it out of the coil. There is a roll pin connecting the 2 pieces of the shaft that can wiggle out a bit which causes it to catch on the sleeve. If it's out a bit tap it back in and reassemble. This has happened to me a few times. Hope this helps

Glad you found the problem!!