Hello, newbie to the pinball world here. I have a Road Kings and am having trouble with the right lane. When the ball comes down the lane to the flipper, there is a bit of a gap that makes the ball bounce out away from the flipper, it's not a smooth roll right to the flipper. The pic attached is the other side that doesn't do this problem, the side that does this problem has a bit more space between the flipper and the lane piece (apologize, I don't know what that piece is called), which keeps causing this problem.
it seems that the position of the flipper and the lane are pretty 'stuck' in place to me, are there any ways to close this 'gap' so the ball travels smoothly down the lane to the flipper without bouncing back up the playfield??

Any help is appreciated, you guys at Pinside have been a tremendous help already for a beginner like myself

Thanks

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#2 4 years ago

KSN

2manypins

Pinside+ Addict

Hanover, VA

12y 80,800 2,005 7

You can adjust your flippers angle so the ball will roll smoother on it.

#3 4 years ago

ZAC

zacaj

RPC

Rochester, NY

11y 158K 10,388 85 122 1

On the right side this is sort of a design flaw on road kings. The holes just aren't aligned well on every one I've seen. I'd recommend you get some cliffy enhanced flipper guides, which reach around farther. Then, get some 1/2" spacers from the hardware store, and use those instead of the snap in spacers that are probably in it now. That will give you a bit more play in the holes so you can fine tune the positioning of the guide.

#4 4 years ago

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sudbeckrn

Pinside member

Bennington, NE

4y 37,650 89 3

Thankyou for that suggestion, looks like that's the fix!

#5 4 years ago

GFO

Timerider

Pinside+ Pro!

Trevor, WI

11y 79,550 875 31

Also recommend Cliffy's extended metal as well:
https://passionforpinball.com/FlipFrames.htm
https://passionforpinball.com/FlipFrames/Road-Kings-ENH-Frames.jpg

#6 4 years ago

DOG

RatShack

Pinside member

7y 57,650 783

Had the same problem with Rollergames, Cliffy's extended guides fixed it right up. I think most System 11 games have this problem.

#7 4 years ago

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sudbeckrn

Pinside member

Bennington, NE

4y 37,650 89 3

THAKYOU EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED!

#8 4 years ago

DRL

QuietEarp

Pinside member

Stroudsburg, PA

11y 87,300 708 9 26

Previous suggestions are right on. Also sometimes using the slightly thinner model of Titan flipper rubbers helps when your current rubbers cause the ball to hop because they are higher than the guide.

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