Riverside, CA
Just installed new flippers recently, and I have no idea what angle the flippers should be set at. Is is the same on all machines, or different?
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Quoted from RawleyD:I always set the flippers perfectly straight with the inlane guide.
Thats the way I always have done it too.
Quoted from kaz1961:RawleyD said:I always set the flippers perfectly straight with the inlane guide.
Thats the way I always have done it too.
Yes, this is how it should be done. Forget the hole and the toothpick. That hole is *way* off on some games and your flippers are often way too low using that method. Lining it up with the inlane guide allows the game to flow properly, the ball to not bounce at all when coming from inlane to flipper, etc.
Copenhagen
The trick is to be able to lift up the playfield and tighten the nut with the flippers keeping the alinement. I tighten the nut to a point where the shaft is still able to move but with some resistance. Then I aline them by eye with the inlane and test with a ball for a smooth transistion to flippers.
Before giving the nut the last turn, I gently knock the shaft end with the handle of a screwdriver to ensure the necessary slack. Good to go.
Quoted from LTG:on a Williams DMD pin, there is a hole ( roll pin ) in the playfield. Stick a tooth pick between the flipper rubber ring and flipper body and into the hole, then tighten it down.
+1. I have never had this seem 'off' on a wpc game. That's what the holes are there for.
Quoted from markmon:Yes, this is how it should be done. Forget the hole and the toothpick. That hole is *way* off on some games and your flippers are often way too low using that method. Lining it up with the inlane guide allows the game to flow properly, the ball to not bounce at all when coming from inlane to flipper, etc.
Tru dat. Some games holes do seem way off, or cause a flipper bat to be higher than the other.
Kamloops, BC
Quoted from RawleyD:I always set the flippers perfectly straight with the inlane guide.
Yep, best way IMO...
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