You would have to have a strong shaker and a crazy tight tilt to see this happen. I mean a tilt so tight that flipping would give you dangers.

if you had any worries about it I would suggest putting some foam ear plugs into the tilt bob. It makes the tilt bob settle back super quick

Never seen them cause tilts, but why put shakers in routed machines? Are your customers enthusiasts that would know the difference, or are asking for them?

That just seems like an extra $300 they have to bring in to break even.

$300? What shaker motors are YOU buying?

The pinball life one is $79. Well worth the investment, even for route.

Spike/Spike2 $79
https://www.pinballlife.com/shaker-motor-kit-rev-c-for-stern-spike-spike-2-system-games.html

SAM $79
https://www.pinballlife.com/shaker-motor-kit-rev-b-for-most-stern-sam-system-games.html

Even the CGC and Jersey Jack ones (which are the most expensive) are only $149.

I think at the 149 level, the game would need to earn $300 to pay for it, after location split. Probly what Black knight meant.
I think a shaker is great for casual players as well, they DO notice it, and might play a couple more games trying to get the game to shake more.

Any operator that is doing a 50% location split in 2019 needs to have their head examined unless the location is EXTREMELY LUCRATIVE, and probably even then, too. Most ops I know are doing 70/30, and some are keeping 100% for locations that want to use the pinball as a draw.

But even if it's a crazy 50% split, at $79 real-world pricing, that's ~$160 earnings to pay for it. A long way from $300.

Well then they have come down in price since last time I bought one. PBL used to be 115, but I usually just had my distributor put one in for 125.

That’s 250 plus time. So pretty close to 300.

No operator is going to pay a distributor an additional 60% of the cost of a shaker motor to spend 5-10 minutes installing it. So, real world with a dumb op still doing a 50% split, $160 max to recoup.

tilted a tight tna in tournament by starting multiball, so yes

Or the tilts in spooky games have never worked right. There’s a problem with the software or the bob never stops moving. I’ve tilted TNA and Alice Cooper from plunging.

Yeah we tried all the standard stuff. Still wasn’t reliable. We never did the ear plug mod to be fair. Probably needed it.