Facing the front of the game's perspective, I'd raise it a bit and move it to the left a bit. So you hit the ball closer to dead center.

LTG : )

I just shimmed my HS2's plunger up with washers and centered it a couple of days ago, as mine developed te same problem as yours. Fingers are crossed, so far so good. I figured it couldn't hurt.

You also need to check the wire guide that directs the ball's path after the auto launch. If that is sending the ball to the left or right it will slow down also.

I'm glad I saw this thread. My HS2 has the same trouble. I'll give these fixes a try.

My Getaway needed this fix. I don't think shimming the plunger helped as much as moving the metal rail that guides the ball onto the playfield. I had to push mine all the way in as far as it would go otherwise the ball would hit the post at the end of the mini loop.

Metal rail? Do you mean the gate at the end of the shooter lane? Surely, you don't mean the right metal wall that lines the right side of the shooter lane?

I only ask because I want to understand what part you moved. Thanks!

The metal ball guide on the right side (top) of the wire gate is adjustable. There is a hole in the plastic above that allows you to place a screwdriver/nut driver in there to loosen the screws, adjust the end of the metal ball guide and tighten it in place. Adjust it until it makes the loop smoothly. Make sure the wire gate is opening very smoothly and not hanging up on the plactics on each side.

I adjusted the metal wall that the ball slides against as it shoots out. The last two pics above show it well. The 2nd to last pic shows the screws that hold the end of the metal wall to the playfield surface by the super jackpot insert. The last pic shows the metal wall that is being adjusted. You can see the smoothed or worn line where balls slide against.

Like in the pic with the screw, I removed the back screw because it does not have any room for adjusting. Maybe someday I will take things apart and drill out the hole so I can put the screw back in. The front screw has plenty of room for sliding in or out. I had to push mine all the way in (to the right if looking at the pic).

The metal gate is what fits over the plunger lane exit. I didn't observe any issues with mine since it opens and closes fine.

Cool. Thanks for your input! My shooter lane plunger is all beat to hell. I am picking one up from PBL's open house on Friday, so until I have the new plunger, I'm holding off on messing with this.