Quoted from jacksparrow0112:Mechanically dialing in my new (to me) premium today. Hoping to validate some assumptions here before tinkering:
Issue 1: Low Percentage Auto Launch. Slow motion video shows a lot of back and forth rattling in shooter lane immediately at launch. Photo shows ball is not touching one side of auto launcher and fully resting on other side. Do I just bend forks of auto launcher with pliers to get even contact?
Issue 2: Uneven Sling Ring. Front of ring height is almost perfectly even with playfield but back of ring is probably 1/4” raised. Also, front of ring is basically touching playfield with zero gap, but back has a big gap. Based on what I’m reading here, besides performing the leveling PDF procedure, I should also shim the front of the ring assembly under playfield with 1-2 washers to correct the gap/level...accurate?
Issue 3: Hungry outlanes...I love ‘em because it forces me to play better. Problem is my wife hates them. I don’t want her loosing interest in game. What rubbers can I order to shrink the size of those outlanes?
Thanks in advance!!
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Successful day. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Here is how I made the corrections:
Issue 1: Low Percentage Auto Plunge - turned out that the mylar lane protector the game’s previous owner installed was causing all launched balls to hop around and lose momentum. Removing the Mylar fixed this and auto launch is now 90% successful. Will try different lane protectors in future.
Issue 2: Uneven Strange disk. I removed the assembly under the playfield and added small lock washers to 2 of the 3 bolts. This combined with page 2 of the leveling PDF seems to have fully corrected this issue.
Issue 3: Hungry outlanes - I discovered the previous forum advice about “Siamese posts” that look exactly like what I need to help out my wife and kids enjoy the game more. In the meantime I have added a couple rubber bands. Feels like bumper bowling LOL. I actually wish games could know that player 2 is a kid/novice and have up-posts block the outlanes for them.
Also installed a shaker motor. Game plays beautifully now. Excited to start learning the rules!
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