Road Show
Williams, 1994So I fire up my Roadshow and the right flipper is slightly slow in returning to resting position. The longer I hold the flipper the longer the delay in re-setting.
I next throw in a Rottendog fliptronic II board and now the flipper automatically goes up and holds when the game is started. I'm assuming that this would
be an issue with the power drive board, but where should I start from there?
When it's is stuck up, turn the game off. If it drops you eliminated the mechanical issues.
If it's an electrical issue. Only two things. Fliptronics board or flipper button opto boards.
Go into Tests - Switch Edge - slowly push in each flipper button, both optos on each one should register one at a time. If not working check that the interrupter is opening and closing them, then check optos them selves. Some interrupters bleed light through them, a piece of black electricians tape or paint fixes that.
LTG : )
Yes, the flipper drops when I turn the game off. Everything look great in test mode. Opto board is fine. I have even replaced it with a new one with same problem then put the old one back in.
I guess why did the problem get worse, going from delay in resetting to sticking up when I put in the new fliptronics board?
busted coil stop is my guess. When the "nub" breaks loose from the rest of the bracket it moves around and gets magnetized and holds the flipper up
edit: cant read, didnt see it energized at start up sorry
Alright boys, I will pull coil and replace stop and sleeve. Still does not explain why the Rottendog fliptronics II board doesn't mimic problem of old fliptronic board.
Quoted from InfiniteLives:busted coil stop is my guess. When the "nub" breaks loose from the rest of the bracket it moves around and gets magnetized and holds the flipper up
That wouldn't cause the flipper to go up at power up.
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:That wouldn't cause the flipper to go up at power up.
LTG : )
Quoted from vid1900:Engaging at power up says not a mechanical problem at all.
Agreed... but they did need changed 
Right now with the original fliptronic II board in it. The flipper does not lock up. It only delays on resetting when activated.
Quoted from jnauman:Right now with the original fliptronic II board in it. The flipper does not lock up. It only delays on resetting when activated.
are the optos clean? never had a roadshow, but had a world cup soccer that needed the optos cleaned once with a similar issue with the flipper
ok found something odd. In switch test with coin door open it works normal. Push the button and F2 activates then F6.
Now the interesting part with the coin door closed flipper fires and f2,F1 and f6 activates and flipper delays in dropping
Quoted from InfiniteLives:does it have optos for flipper switches? are they clean? never had a roadshow, but had a world cup soccer that needed the optos cleaned once with a similar issue with the flipper
Not optos. I already tried and brand new opto board and had same issues
Something else interesting... if I only half push the flipper button it works fine. When push and hold flipper button is when the delay happens in dropping the flipper
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