Quoted from awesome1:Yeah, make sure the switch isn't always closed.
Quoted from DudeRegular:It is unlikely that a leaf switch would be "bad" on a new game. It would likely be adjustment or continuity.
Quoted from nicoy3k:are you sure the switch isn't just closed shut?
Thanks for the help guys. You were all correct the switch does work. I can see visually that the switch is not stuck closed. So back to square one. Going to order the anti sway part from pbl and see if that solves my problems. Before that comes in I may try to loosen under the playfield and see if it can be moved to the right, but without loosening anything the target does not budge from the top.