I recently brought home a WPC with a stuck flipper. Turned out to be a bad bushing. I wanted to get the machine working ASAP, but didn’t have the correct replacement. I used a recent stern bushing by opening-up the screw holes and sanding down the height. It’s been working fine.

My Williams bushing from Pinballlife should be arriving today. Should I be in a hurry to replace?

Same question about coil sleeves. I’ve trimmed a few and also put in a few that are slightly short (maybe 1/4”). As long as they’re working well, should they be replaced?

Wondering, in general, pinsiders’ opinions on leaving in hacks. Am I angering the pinball gods? Does this explain all my outlane drains?

#2 3 years ago

237

slochar

Pinside member

7y 86,550 6,884

Nah, if it's working and isn't too obvious of a hack leave it.

I've forgotten about hacks over the years because they worked forever. Usually at a show or a party and you have to get something up and working vs. having a dead machine. I did eventually replace the .62 connectors on the STTNG guns instead of using toothpicks to hold wires in, but an example of one I left is an EOS on a pinbot that snapped, I grafted another one on and soldered it in place and it lasted for years until I sold the machine and rediscovered it.

#3 3 years ago

aeneas

Flippers.be

11y 76,050 1,522

if it works - leave it. I do leave a paper in the coinbox of my games on which I note what needs to be done. When the machine gets a next shop job then I can address those issues.

#4 3 years ago

Tuukka

Pinside member

Lempäälä

5y 78,350 1,754 16 18

I think what you described is definitely OK. You modified some parts to be suitable for your game, and the game plays as original with those parts.

#5 3 years ago

ALX

donjagra

Pinside member

14y 72,100 3,402 10 34

If it ain't broke...

#6 3 years ago

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curban

Pinside+ Frequent

Seven Valleys, PA

5y 83,800 1,074 38 16

So it seems that...
On the upside, I may not have to buy correct parts all the times and fix things twice.
On the downside, my frequent outlane drains are probably cause I suck at pinball.
Guess I can live with that.

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