Flippers will probably need to be rebuilt. Lift up the playfield and check the action on the plunger manually with the machine off. It should go in/out effortlessly.
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Quoted from TheLaw:"Flipper rebuild" is a wide ranging thing. Just because it's sticking does not mean you need to spend $60 on a full rebuild kit; thats the old baby woth the bathwater there. It literally might be moving a switch 1/4", and maybe throwing in some new sleeves.
Flipper rebuild would be new bushings, sleeves, plungers, coil stops, EOS's, return springs etc. It may be resolved with what you mentioned, but for me, it would be a full rebuild, but again, that's just me. Flippers are the only way you interact with the ball while playing, so it behooves me to not skimp on this part, at the least 
but yes, it could be just gapping a switch or throwing on new sleeves.
Quoted from TheLaw:Well you're doing it wrong
But seriously, every time you have a an issue with a flipper you buy a new rebuild kit or complete all these swap outs? Unless I missed from another thread or something he just picked up this machine?
No I don't. I admit I was making assumptions that they were beat and worn flippers. And you're right, the flippers aren't the only way to interact with the ball. Nothing gets past you! 
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