Hi friends,

I am new to both pinball ownership and a sweet modded out metallica pro is my first pin. I have a question because I think something is goofed with the machine. There is a post right above the mystery scoop that has a 7/16 OD rubber on it which causes the ball to go SDTM or bounce over to the left flipper when it comes down from (I dont know what its called) the area where the pop bumpers push the ball to the right. The metallicas ive played in a few arcades around town does not do this. Should I be shaving down the rubber I buy in order to make the bounce happen a bit less? Or should i take off that metal piece that lets the ball glide down to the post and bend it a bit? This is basically my first "issue", and im looking forward to fixing it. Thanks in advance!

The sparky and that one are the same size. I tried that already hoping for a quick fix. Ive uploaded a pic and you can see its just barely over the edge of the metal wall there. Its just barely visible from this angle.

One other thing to note is that the scoop has a (presumably) cliffy metal protector on it, so maybe that caused the post to move out of alignment a bit? Hell if I know at this point, but Im totally willing to move/unseat/bend/mod anything to make it better.

The rubbers that were on the machine when I purchased were from titan. I used this guide I found to double check, and bought a new rubber (well, of course I bought a lot so i wouldn't be waiting for days if a slingshot rubber broke). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a1NWWHRFXhTAknLEbc5mDyzQKEl8zov5nmEd9mvF5Xg/edit#gid=575980796

At this point Im about 1.5 months in, totally sucked in to pinball culture (or at least I think I am haha). Im totally loving the machine and the potential for mucking around w it!

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DEAR GOD THANK YOU. I found that one of the standard head screws holding that metal, when tightened, caused it to pull in a bit. I tried a few times and no dice, but by that time i had the metal piece accessible, so i just bent it a wee bit. Works like a charm now!

Also thanks for telling me what its called, im trying to remember the terms but some of them I dont know.. Actually I suspect most of the terms/parts/etc I dont know yet. I now know orbit

edit: is there some way to give karma/upvotes or something like that here? edit2: found it!