Weird issue with my Fathom left side flipper getting stuck in the up position. When this happens it’s not a magnetized coil stop as I’ve checked and it seems to be getting just a tiny bit of power just enough to keep it in the up position and easily falls if any pressure applied. I took a few coils off the return spring and that seemed to have solved the immediate issue but before I did that I noticed every once in a while when the flipper stayed up it coincided with a phantom pop bumper activation ? I know my EBD also has these weird phantom pop bumpers activating once in a while along with activating the flippers but no issues with the flipper staying up. I’ve read somewhere about the diodes going bad alowing the flow of voltage in the wrong direction so was wondering if I changed the diodes on the pops or just put new coils in would this be a solution to the phantom pops and phantom flipper power? Thanks

Hmm wish I had tried that before I cut the spring. Guess I could switch my spring from right side just to check. Btw yes all new parts sleeve & coil, stop ect.. couldn’t be a coincidence because I would hit the flipper over & over maybe 10-15 times and it only stayed up along with the phantom pop? And that happened over many tries as well.

Thanks, I have the copper colored stop. Also the leaf switch is new and properly gapped. Also cleaned switch with rag to make sure no filings causing spark jump. Just weird that it’s tied in with pops and if it is a diode issue I would gladly make changes to stop the phantom pops on both games. Funny I haven’t noticed this issue on my Frontier.

Definitely gonna try that as pinlink had mentioned as well, that should confirm one way or the other if it’s electrical or mechanical.

OK I checked and it must be mechanical because after it was caught in the up position I turned the game off and it did stay? Funny thing is that it’s still coinciding when I get a phantom pop on the pop bumper.....weird. I’m going to put the shortened spring back on and just play the game ...idk

Yea I leave the thickness of a business card in between, theres some up down play there. I did notice the coil has a little more play than normal on that side and wondering should I tighten that up a little.

The pancake caps? not sure what those are do you mean on one of the boards?

where does the shim go? Under where the stop coil mounts?

I think it's common on these games, like I had said it also happens on my EBD. Wish someone here could chime in on possible causes but I suspect bad diodes.

Sorry still not sure what you mean by "flipping one leg of the cap"

Oh Ok I I get what you mean and will try that thanks!

Ahh OK yes I will try that when I get a chance, I work at night so at work now, thanks for the heads up and I actually knew about this as I had seen a friend do this to his game as well and he said they are useless.

Ok finally got a chance this weekend to take another look.....all those caps are already gone but still getting phantom pops (I can live with it) just realized I was missing that spring washer that holds the coil tight & ordered a new one that should fix that issue.