(Topic ID: 217498)

Iron Maiden issues

By rvdv

5 years ago


Topic Heartbeat

Topic Stats

  • 2,495 posts
  • 364 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 8 months ago by Skinner
  • Topic is favorited by 157 Pinsiders

You

Topic Gallery

View topic image gallery

pasted_image (resized).png
IMG_8311 (resized).JPG
IMG_8310 (resized).JPG
FBA8FD1F-D796-4011-9B07-E406C5FA58C2 (resized).jpeg
autoplungefix02 (resized).jpg
B3D7C0B8-AE0F-4166-8C7C-629CDF954484 (resized).png
20211023_120401 (resized).jpg
PXL_20211025_171359025 (resized).jpg
6CB81B41-450F-4539-A36D-5FED50F9E309 (resized).jpeg
4C51404F-115B-428C-8EC6-B1927E1912B1 (resized).jpeg
3DCFD17E-B5F2-432A-B8D0-C05957F26886 (resized).jpeg
9A44FEB2-569A-4FD7-959E-2B1D6136A020 (resized).jpeg
IM PREM sarcophagas (resized).png
C12F9CF4-563B-4F9E-B72A-02CAC59DDD64 (resized).jpeg
20210203_131209 (resized).jpg
nodes (resized).jpg

Topic index (key posts)

11 key posts have been marked in this topic, showing the first 10 items.

Display key post list sorted by: Post date | Keypost summary | User name

Post #96 sarcophagus switch fix. Posted by DG_Amuse (5 years ago)

Post #434 Black t-moulding pictured to replace stock banana yellow. Posted by Strummy (5 years ago)

Post #597 Stern fix for Newton Ball issues on LE Posted by Fytr (5 years ago)

Post #887 Fix for fast balls not registering on upper loop Posted by PinNin (5 years ago)

Post #1039 Picture of factory fix for bad mummy newton ball on Prem/LE Posted by RA77 (5 years ago)

Post #1343 Fix for fast balls leaving wireforms Posted by Kevlar (5 years ago)

Post #1452 Shim method to get auto launch to work nearly 100% Posted by hank35 (5 years ago)

Post #1713 TECH: PLAYFIELD. Fix auto launch consistency with stronger coil Posted by NeilMcRae (5 years ago)


Topic indices are generated from key posts and maintained by Pinside Editors. For more information, or to become an editor yourself read this post!

You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider wjxxxx.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

#1239 5 years ago
Quoted from Gogdog:

Manual plunger
Increase power: Setting the manual plunger to hit dead center on the pinball. If it already is...then you would have to switch the spring to a stronger colored spring.
Decrease power: Easy....move the auto plunger so its not quite centered. I would recommend that you keep the left/right alignment and move the plunger vertically to decrease power (if the plunger hits off centered horizontally it might slightly move the ball out of the ball guide in the lane). Its also possible maybe you could add a small washer to the plunger so it doesn't hit the ball quite as hard.
In my example....my manual ball path was lower than the auto (manual hitting post and auto hitting top flipper). So, I left the auto alone and decreased power to my manual. It was enough to get them close to the same path.

Am I missing something here?

To lower the power of a manual plunge, simply don't pull the plunger back so far. There should be no need for any other adjustment.

The only important adjustment is to ensure that the plunger tip hits the centre of the ball consistently.

2 weeks later
#1332 5 years ago
Quoted from Kevlar:

New pro owner here, 27 pages is a lot of reading, can someone point me in the right direction to fix balls flying off the left wireform? pretty sure its not reaching the end of the wireform, flying off on one of the bends. Is there a way to slow the ball down?

Kev, you only have to read back a couple of pages

10 months later
#2133 4 years ago
Quoted from lewislama:

So sick of being punished for making a great right ramp shot only to have the ball fly off the ramp and end up in the trough. Ended up putting three flipper rubbers over ramp where the ball gets air at high speed. Works great. Looks.. so so.[quoted image]

I'm guessing that you've just cleaned the pf and/or changed the flipper rubbers.
I had exactly the same issue develop after my machine had returned from a show and thought something had been damaged in transit.
It turns out it was purely because the playfield was so fast, and the flippers had just been rebuilt and were super powerful.

If you've only just started having this problem, I'd suggest that would be the issue. Try turning the left flipper power down and see how that manages the situation.

After that follow the other advice checking to see where exactly the ball is getting air using a slowmo video

4 weeks later
#2151 4 years ago

The aim in moving the ball guide is to ensure that the ball sits centrally on both forks.
That may mean you need to move one of the forks left or right.

3 months later
#2234 4 years ago
Quoted from PinMonk:

Neil has demonstrated quite discriminating taste over time

I'll just leave this here

Promoted items from Pinside Marketplace and Pinside Shops!
$ 132.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Lermods
 
$ 18.95
Playfield - Protection
ULEKstore
 
$ 10.00
Playfield - Protection
UpKick Pinball
 
From: $ 60.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
arcade-cabinets.com
 
$ 24.00
Playfield - Other
Pin Monk
 
$ 1.00
Pinball Machine
Pinball Alley
 
$ 63.95
6,300
$ 27.99
Lighting - Interactive
Lee's Parts
 
6,950 (Firm)
Machine - For Sale
Murrieta, CA
$ 25.99
Lighting - Led
Lee's Parts
 
$ 1,059.00
Pinball Machine
Mircoplayfields
 
$ 29.90
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Pinball Haus
 
From: $ 30.00
$ 100.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
JuanSolo's modshop
 
$ 39.95
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
ULEKstore
 
From: $ 45.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
arcade-cabinets.com
 
From: $ 6,999.99
Pinball Machine
Pinball Pro
 
7,000
Machine - For Sale
San Diego, CA
6,000
Machine - For Sale
West Chester, PA
$ 5.00
Cabinet - Decals
Pinball Fuzz
 
From: $ 24.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Twisted Tokens
 
$ 69.99
Cabinet - Decals
Inscribed Solutions
 
€ 99.00
Lighting - Under Cabinet
Watssapen shop
 
$ 85.00
From: $ 75.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
arcade-cabinets.com
 
Great pinball charity
Pinball Edu

You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider wjxxxx.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/iron-maiden-issues?tu=wjxxxx and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.