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Did my first flipper rebuild this weekend on IJ. Took awhile.

By Jgel

4 years ago



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#1 4 years ago

Well I decided that I needed to rebuild the flippers on my IJ. I got the parts a couple months ago at York and have been putting it off. Seemed like a big undertaking. Took about 2 and half hours to do both. I could not figure out why the left flipper was not working after, but realized I put the coil sleeve in the wrong way after 20 mins of troubleshooting.
The good is that both flippers work better and can make both ramps without issue now. Only two issues remain. The right flipper is slowly floating up out of alignment. After you play a few games the right bat is at a different angle than it should be. I tried to tighten everything again but can't get it 100%. Its not bad but frustrating. The second issue is the airballs from the center drop targets have now gotten out of control. The ball comes flying off it almost every game. Any ideas?

#5 4 years ago

Thank you all for the reply. I DID NOT change the bats. Probably should have.

Quoted from RCA1:

You really need to crush it.

OK I will try this. I was afraid that I would over do it, but it sounds like that is not going to happen.

#6 4 years ago
Quoted from Gornkleschnitzer:

but my guess is this is the new normal; more powerful flippers will tend to result in more airballs.

I would get airballs in the past but now they are hitting the glass multiple times a game. Posted in the IJ owners thread.

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