Hi,

I have to replace a plastic bushing on one of my flippers. The pinball repair book says, easy to replace, just three wood screws. However, I'm looking at the flipper configuration and it seems that it'll take more than just the three screws. Could you tell me which parts are necessary to remove - and how to remove them - in order to get to the bushing? And will I be messing up the zipper part when I do so?

Also, I will need to solder the orange wire back on. Can a regular wire cutter strip an old wire like this?

Thank you!

flipper_bushing.jpg

allen head screws - something new to me.
I'll have to go check it out & see if I have a tool to remove it.

or...turn the PF upside down again, right?

the loose orange wire above it is very tight; I have to strip it a little to solder it but will my regular wire stripper work on this non-plastic sheath?

You guys have ALL the answers!

Thanks again!

Yes I'm going to watch that video again and learn from him about the machine

I don't have the strength to completely lift the playfield off, but for the fuse holder I rested the PF on the cabinet upside down. That's what all those Joust posts were about on the Klondike thread. Getting it out of the way, I was able to reach the fuse holder more easily, although it was still tricky working down there with short wires and a hot iron!

I also got new flipper bats for both sides, as they are broken. So, hoping to do two things at once. Broken bushing, broken bat.

Oh. I only ordered one bushing. OK I can do one flipper, and then wait on the other.

OK I'll order another bushing for the other flipper; thanks for the tip! And working on this part shouldn't upset the zipper mechanism, right?

Yeah! just bought one at the hardware store. We had some larger ones here, but I got a mini-set.

Yeah, I had emailed pbresource earlier and he gave me the part number. The bushing is a different size on the zipper flippers; so I'll tackle the broken bushing flipper first and hopefully I got the correct size and if everything works great then I'll order another one.

And I guess I'll work on the playfield propped up (instead of upside-down), as I'll have to manage both sides as I'm doing this...

Light bulb crisis!

I had a hard time removing a bulb from the backbox. When I finally got it, the glass came out but its socket remained in the holder. The socket is corroded on the inside. I can't remove it. Can I just leave it as is, and there will be one less bulb behind the backglass? Or will something "blow up" when I go to turn the machine on again?

MATCH UNIT

I noticed that the match unit moves quite easily; the wheel rotates properly, however the little arm moves towards the bell but can't reach it to ring it. There's about 1/8" or more of a gap. The bell seems to be set at the closest point possible in order for it to be hit, and it's been hit in the past as the one spot is worn out. But even if it wasn't worn out, the arm wouldn't be able to reach it.

RE: Match Unit
OK thank you! I'll see if I can loosen the screw and bring it in closer. I thought it was all the way over, but maybe there's a little more space.

OK thanks, I'll work on it some more until I can get it removed.

OK and it won't ruin the socket holder?

No it springs back fine; but the bell can be repositioned and Mr. Bally thinks I can move it closer to the arm. I will try that today. And I'll check the pivot point too, although it seems to be working fine. Thanks!

I replaced the flipper bushing and bat, but there seems to be a lot more play vertically on the underside than with the other flipper. Something flew off when I removed the bat - I wasn't expecting that - and I found a washer but I'm wondering if there was another spacer of some sort.

After replacing the flipper, and soldering the orange wire and a fuse holder on the underside of the playfield, I started the game. It seemed to play fine, until I switched to two-player mode and then it lost some of its electrics. Now it does that at the one-player game, too.

Here's the start of a one-player game. I can get rid of the buzz by hitting the 2nd player up relay switch in the backbox; when I do so, most of the 0's turn to 1's on the 2nd player score reel. The buzzing stops, but the electrics don't come back for the rest of the game. Even the ball count seems to be off a bit.

Please let me know what I should be checking next.

Thank you!

WOW this is amazing; how do you FIND this stuff??!! I will look at my unit carefully.

Any advice about tackling my electrics problem? (see my video)

But doesn't that pull the flipper closer to the playfield so it can scratch it? OK let me try. But I'll check the parts first.

OK here's my pic of 2nd player relay.

2nd_relay.jpg

Several of the relays look like this. If you see the video by Pinball Ninja, he shows that specifically. I think the coil looks fine.

New information: I just played a 2-player game and Player 1 gets what you see in my video, no bells or dings or scores on the reels; however Player 2 gets more sounds and points scored. So the Player 1 doesn't work. Also the "1" score relay doesn't push down like the others and sometimes goes a little crazy. I'll show with a video.

No that's just a wire behind it, stapled to the wall.