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As a last resort you can elongate the holes in the flipper base plate with a drill so you can move the whole flipper assembly away slightly. Usually the hole that the flipper bushing goes through is larger so you hopefully have a little room to move things slightly.
Quoted from sparky672:I put new rubber on the game and the problem came back... I ended up filling three of the six mounting holes with wood glue and toothpicks. Then I rotated the mounting plate slightly. Three mounting holes stayed the same and the three closest to the flipper shaft shifted just a little. Only about a half a screw hole of offset. The bat is now oriented more symmetrically over the playfield circle and the bat's new rubber clears the guide rail by maybe 1/32", not much but it clears.
Glad the idea helped. If you want to gain another 1/32 you can use a drill bit slightly larger than the holes currently on the baseplate and that might give you a tiny bit more wiggle room but if it clears it clears, good job!
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