(Topic ID: 174439)

Fix For Bally Rolling Stones Scoring Post

By greatwichjohn

7 years ago



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  • Latest reply 8 months ago by DRDAVE
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#1 7 years ago

I need one. I doubt anyone would stock this weird part. So i'm looking to see if someone has a junk playfield, & willing to sell one.

6 months later
#3 6 years ago

Ok, here is how I fixed the broken blade one here. Make sure you have the post, & press washer from broken blade. I tried a wider blade from something & it broke when I drilled it larger. My fix was to take a Bally bulls eye target, solid circle color one. Red is common. I drilled the target rivet off, & removed target. So now you have a blade that fits the stack. Took a marker for a dot to carefully drill a hole for post. I just placed it on removed stack screw holes, & guessed the center where the post goes through the playfield. Hole drilled ok, so I got the post snug with blade. With the post pointing down on a hard surface, you fix the press washer on & gently tap it down with a hammer. Poor mans fix for what seems to be a non available part unless a playfield is junked. Guess about a 1000+ balls played & its still ok.

#4 6 years ago

Nice! Thanks for a detailed "hack fix" description

#5 6 years ago

Now we just need a fix for people without the post!

#6 6 years ago

Possibly use a threaded bolt style post, on a wide blade. Likely would have to get very short length contact blades for scoring.

6 years later
#7 8 months ago

Seen a few Bally Rolling Stones with this issue of their unique to this title scoring posts with broken spring metal.
My fix is to use the stiff leaf blade from the never needed slam tilt on the bottom of the playfield. Clip off the weight from the long blade and cut to length by matching a known good one. Punch out the switch stack mounting holes and a hole big enough for the post mount to sit in as well as drill out a small hole for a small microswitch style screw and clip off the extra length of it. Then drill out a an area big enough where the screw would touch the playfield so it will lay flat on the playfield.

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(The hole in the original damaged black spring metal was from someone's previous repair attempt.)

#8 8 months ago

Here it is installed in the game.
(Note the cup type hole drilled under where the small added screw sits)

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