Hi All. I have a BDK that doesnt show any errors on startup or testing, but every 2-3 games the ball doesnt launch successfully and then sometimes 2 will come up. Also, sometimes the kicker for the launch wont get the ball out. I mostly worried about getting the ball into the shooter lane. Any ideas why this would happen? Is this typical? How do I test for problems when it seems like the majority of time there are no issues and everything seems strong? Thanks for the help all.
jimmy

The plunger is centered but please forgive me: what is the trough connector? Really want to get this working 100% but I'm still a newbie. Thanks so much!!

Thanks to you both. Would that also cause a weak auto- kick out? I do have a shaker that I mounted a couple of weeks ago. Ill reseat all these this weekend. The zero-then-two balls is one issue, the other was a weak auto kick after a drain or extra ball. Thanks again for the help.

jimmy

at work but will do tonight/tomorrow. Thanks again.

jimmy

Here are the pics. They were properly seated and soldered. At this point maybe a weak vcu? Let me know what y'all think. Thanks again.
Jimmy
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Wire looked fine. It launches but sometimes ball doesn't go out. May try widening opening a bit. More thoughts?

Here's a pic with a ball loaded. There is a lot of play in the auto plunger. Also seems the ball isn't coming out of the chute cleanly. I'll keep tinkering and keep the thoughts coming. May just be an alignment issue. Thanks.image.jpeg

Thanks. Very helpful. Will try that first thing in the morning. Much to learn. Thanks everyone. Will post back if it doesn't work.

Jimmy

So I reseated the connectors. Haven't had the two ball problem but still have the auto launch issue where it doesn't always send the ball out hard enough. Seems to be aligned but is too weak about 15% of the time. Any ideas?