The Walking Dead (LE)
Stern, 2014
The Walking Dead (Premium)
Stern, 2014Had a game sitting in storage for a few months. Just got it setup again, and playing.
Noticed that both flippers are sluggish to return to the default position.
Any thoughts? It's a new game, purchased in January, played for a few months, then stored for a few. Strange that both flippers are behaving this way at the same time, no?
Was wondering if I should use an Allen key to loosen the bolt, that's centred in the pic below.
Thoughts?
Loosen that bolt and you are in a world of hurt. You'll be taking a lot apart to put it back together. Don't take anything apart until you study a bit.
Read Vid's guide - your plungers or coil sleeves may need a good leaning or rebuilding. Stored or not, they were probably slowing down before storage.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers
LTG : )
Quoted from Gnatty:I don't see a return spring?
Top of picture under the big white connector.
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:Loosen that bolt and you are in a world of hurt. You'll be taking a lot apart to put it back together. Don't take anything apart until you study a bit.
Read Vid's guide - your plungers or coil sleeves may need a good leaning or rebuilding. Stored or not, they were probably slowing down before storage.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers
LTG : )
Thanks Lloyd.
Seems as though there's a little slack there, and they're not too tight, so I won't touch that for now. Almost needs a little oil or grease, just to loosen it up?
I'll read Vids guide next. Thanks!
Yep. Took the coil off. The springs are still barely strong enough to draw the arm back, even without any friction from the coil.
Guessing I need a couple new springs is all. Sucks though as it will likely take me days to get them.
Oh well, cheap problem I think I can fix myself. Could be a WHOLE lot worse.
Thanks guys!
Quoted from Chambahz:Guessing I need a couple new springs is all. Sucks though as it will likely take me days to get them.
Take the old spring off, on one end, clip off about a 1/4 inch of the wound spring, bend the last loop of the spring over so you have a new loop/hook to use. You'll be good to go.
LTG : )
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