I have a bally 1975 now and arrow. My flipper keeps slipping despite continually tightening the screws. How can I resolve this
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Usually, the flipper shaft gets worn from the shaft screws being tightened and it makes an indentation on the shaft. This results in the shaft slipping back to the indentation position. Sometimes you can just switch the flipper shaft assemblies - left to right, right to left - and this will give the screws a new surface to tighten against. Or you can just install new flipper shaft assemblies...
Buy a new R or L hand lever assembly from PBR. http://www.pbresource.com/rebuildkit.html
I bought new shafts but still slips. Are there shafts that have a pre drilled indention for the screws to sink into? Seems like that would be good
No pre-drilled shafts since flipper mechs could be at any angle under the playfield. Check your set screws, maybe they are unable to "bite" into the shafts.
Assuming the flipper shoe is attached solidly to the flipper shaft, I always replace the factory set screws with socket head cap screws. They will be stronger and you can be comfortable you are torquing them adequately. They usually have a cupped tip which will bite adequately into the flipper shaft.
socket head cap screw (resized).jpgQuoted from MikeO:I always replace the factory set screws with socket head cap screws.
That would do the trick. That's what my replacement part came with.
Wellesley, ON
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