Greetings, hope everyone is having a safe and great New Year so far...another quick one today.
I finished my restoration and the LAST thing that is just a thorn in my side is the right shooter. I got the left shooter perfect and have no issues at all but the right one is not consistent.
I've adjusted it left, right, up and down multiple times and when it seems like I got it, then one random shot makes the ball rattle at the entrance of the metal ramp. I know there is always some wiggle room with a shooter rod no matter what final position you have it in, meaning if you hold it to the right, left, up or down you can get different results but my main goal is just pulling the shooter and letting go as before the restore, I never remember the ball hitting the entrance of the metal ramp (last pic) and ricocheting back and forth at that entrance.
The playfield is an older Micro and was cleared by Kruzman and the playfield support fits fine in the lockdown bar and is in the same position each time. I have room for adjusting all directions and I believe I have it oriented right in terms of up and down because if I adjust it in any of these positions, the ball looses momentum when shooting, so it's just a left or right issue apparently.
I'm also not sure if perhaps the metal ball guide\rail on the right side (pics 6 and 7) needs to bend out towards the shooter lane a little as in my before restore pics, it seemed to stick out a little and not sure if perhaps the ball is supposed to flow off of that to prevent it from rattling back and forth the metal ramp launch entrance? Initially I tried and pushed\bent it inwards thinking this was causing the ball to go into the ramp entrance and rattle back and forth.
I would say it shoots fine 7 out of 10 times to give an idea on it's consistency as I was under the impression it's either aligned properly or not, meaning it will either shoot correctly or not vs. this sporadic behavior I'm getting.
Hope all this makes sense and I've attached some pics to show its current position.
Thanks so much for any and all help and stay safe everyone.
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