Get these! All the other carpet sliders are ugly big plates. These are a perfect fit for my pins. My local Ace Hardware has carried them for years. I feel lucky to have stumbled across them and replace the larger eye sore carpet sliders. Sorry for the crappy pic, I had to search my photo library to find this one pic from a few years ago.

The Original Magic Sliders #04600 60mm (I think).

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Buy the Concave Sliding Discs version

I am stopping by to Ace today because it’s Sunday…so I will shoot a current pick of the sliders packaging. Meanwhile here are these. I was skeptical when I bought my first pair, but the look so much cleaner than the plate size ones.
-Lb

Update:
Here are the pics from Ace Hardware.
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Joined the club officially today!

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Now I am a little embarrassed…the view can be yours if you are willing to make a trip to Home Depot. I do live in Colorado and can see the mountains from my home, but nothing this spectacular. Oh, you should see my office, I think I have a babbling brook in that window well.

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This has been happening with portals that didn’t get their Jam Nut tightened properly at Stern, you will need to contact your distro (or a distro) to get a replacement ordered from Stern. It should be pretty easy, serial number, name, address, and that’s about it. Sadly there is no home fix for it. If the locking Jam Nut lets the rod slip down low enough to make contact with the sensor the sensor will fail very quickly. There is a key post with the service bulletin on how to level the portal and gap the rod to the sensor. Let me find the post and I will edit this post and add the link. I used post-it-notes at 1/16 thickness to gap mine. Make sure you level the portal and get the Jam nut real tight when you swap the board out.
-Lb

I finally got motivated to install the Comet Pinball LED strips and spotlights on my AIQ. A green strip under the drop targets, red and blue behind the ramps, and a purple one at the Ant-Man scoop. With a razor knife I score and snap Lexan from a 12” x 24” sheet I purchased at Home Depot. Then I warm them in the toaster oven so I can shape them. Using the cool white frosted GI bulbs and some Matrix extension wires to connect everything together and she is lit to my liking.

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I am not bothered by what they block. Here is a good representation of how they look from a player’s pov. I used blue zip ties to keep the wires clean.
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Based on the silver marking on the top outside rim of the portal it looks like your portal may be slightly lower or the outside is slightly higher. This would cause the ball to be slightly airborne when it hits the post causing air balls. You could try tightening the outside portion (four screws). If you do decide to loosen the Jam nut and raise the portal make sure to really tighten the jam nut. If it touches the sensor under the portal rod it will ruin it quickly.

Also what Angle do you have your playfield set to?

This is is required reading:

Same here. I just installed the same wedges, but have not had enough plays to see if installing one wedge is enough.
-Lb

Not sure that any of this helps, but I have blue Titan silicone flipper rubbers, Titan Stern Slim Tapered silicone on those posts, my playfield angle is 6.57 (at the flippers) and lastly my flipper strengths are at 255. Only the sanctorum target seems to give me me airball issues (may be fixed). Good luck chasing your cause down. I would suggest, if you have a phone that can record in slow-mo, getting someone to record for you while you try to recreated your airball issue. Seeing it in slow motion could provide additional insight.

Example: I just corrected my SDTM issue with all non-flips at the upper flipper when feed from the banana ramp. Adjusting the upper flipper to the pictured position solved my issue. The upper flipper was originally centered on the dimple. Recording the SDTM non flip issue demonstrated that adjusting the third flipper slightly might help. I moved the flipper to the picture position and now all non-flips hit my right flipper and the Stark Tower and Hulk shot are still just as hittable as before. Linked is the video with slo-mo after the fix.

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I am not sure if you can find them in your country, but here is the picture and link for them at Home Depot (USA) and a site in the UK.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-4-in-and-8-in-Cable-Tie-Canister-Assorted-500-Pack-4in-8in-colors-500/203531932#overlay

https://www.clactonelectricalengineers.co.uk/gu/4-in-and-8-in-cable-tie-canister-assorted-500pack-9303691.html

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Sorry my bad…Here you go:

https://www.titanpinball.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=52

The competition standard silicone flipper rings are the way to go as well, but if you are paying for overseas shipping I would buy the full set for AIQ and and then some extras. I love the glow in the dark on my Godzilla, South Park, Last Action Hero. You can view game kits people have built and modify them to your liking. Their pinballs are also in most of my games.
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Stern didn’t even care that I was the second owner. Stern just needed a distro to place the order for me. It was free. Fortunately I have two distros that I worked with in the past. All it took was an email with the details to a distributed and they made it happen.

Here is an earlier post of mine:

Welcome to the club!

Well crap I don’t get off work for an hour. I want to go home now and spend the next few hours trying to backhand the Captains Marvel ramp.

My lady friend, “Did you feed the dogs?”

SirMachismo, “Not yet, I am working on hitting this ramp!”
{SirMachismo’s internal monologue}
Maybe, it’s not level left to right…is my angle too steep. Do I suck at this? I may not eat tonight either, I need another drink.

It didn’t happen tonight…but I found myself enjoying the attempts. This pin is just fun to shoot.

Got it! All it took was me miss handling a flip pass and getting just the tip of the left flipper on the ball and then blinking. Honestly it happened so fast I missed it and I wasn’t sure which flipper I hit the ramp shot with when it happened.

Maybe day three will bring a repeatability to the shot.

I just don’t think I can pull it off with stock flippers from a cradle…I have had several clean shots and they just don’t have the mustard. I even checked my EOS to ensure it is not gapping too soon.

To totally forgot about giving the playfield a fresh wax…I will give it one last try tomorrow for completion sake. Fresh balls were installed about a month ago. The Captain Marvel ramp from the left flipper is fast and so delightful to hit.
In reality I am just having fun developing my ball control skills while chasing what appears to be a shot that I can’t make from a right flipper cradle or right inlane. I have made the Captain Marvel shot a few times now from a left to right flipper dead bounce and it is a fun addition to my shot quiver. I am now using the same technique to backhand loop the heat ray shot in Godzilla it feels really satisfying. Happy holidays everyone.
-Lb

Hell yeah.

Final day:
Spoiler, I was not able to pull off the Captain Marvel shot from a right flipper cradle or right inlane. Fresh wax and switching to Titan Low Bounce rings could not get me over the hump. However, I think I am in love with the low bounce flippers on my AIQ (at least the lower flippers). They really seem to give me a little more control on this pin.
-Lb

In the slow-mo footage it looks like you have a rattle pretty quick out the gate. If your auto plunger forks are making even contact with the ball and your pin is level left to right…Then I would also look here to see if you can find the cause. That first rattle causes several other rattles further up the lane which will rob your plunge of power. The coil sleeve suggestion also is a good call.
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The Purple Gem on your topper is most likely working as intended. The gem lights are only lit up during game play for the gems you have collected. This is a progressive mode and is saved game after game like Black Knight 2000 spelling R-A-N-S-O-M or Alpine Climb and the climber advancing up the mountain. Once you collect all the gems your machine will start the Gem Mania mode (or a randomly named mode but is still Gem Mania mode rules). This used to be a topper only feature but is now included with Insider Connected machines. So if you want to see the mode go for the Purple Gem. The mode should start as soon as you collect the gem. Once the more over all the gems on your topper will be unlit again unlit you collect them again. Currently I need to collect the Soul Gem to start Gem Mania.

http://tiltforums.com/t/avengers-infinity-quest-rulesheet/6740#heading--gemmania

Nicely done!

Thanks for the part number guys. I may order a few chips and try to fix my broken one (light still blinks). My soldering hand isn't as steady as it once was. I asked Stern to put in some code to allow the portal spins to be relocated to a spinner (or anywhere) in the event of a sensor failure. I love this pin so much i just played to practice shots while it was down, since no progression could be made. Thankfully Stern did send a replacement quickly.

I have never tried this, but I makes sense. Thank you!

Give these posts a read. Basically The Jam nut for the portal was too loose and allowed the portal's spinning rod to touch the sensor causing it to fail.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/221#post-7216296

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/84#post-6052220

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/227#post-7334947

Link to part that marcd found:
https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/726-TLV493DA1B6HTSA2

Here is a quick video I just uploaded. The High res version is probably still processing. My angle between the flippers is 6.67° level left to right. I do prep for nudging the machine on any shot that rolls back from the Black Panther shot. Typically a nudge will keep the ball in play. Hope this helps.
-Lb

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Same with Titan Super Shiny, balls getting magnetized has not been an issue with AIQ.

Depending on the break I have used IPS Weld-On 3 to fix some broken clear pinball plastics, a hairline crack in a ramp, and cracks in snowmobile windshields. I have not had to use it on printed pinball plastics but a little goes a long way. If you do decide to go the repair route removing both pieces of the plastic is a must. Here is a video I watched years ago when I first started using it:

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Check to make the shooter rod is striking the ball dead center, you may only have to shift the playfield a touch to the left or right when it is down, if that isn't enough you can remove the two red screws on the inside of the shooter plate, loosen the three (silver) shooter plate screws and adjust the shooter rod/plate up/down/left/right (pictures are your friend before starting). I also suggest recording your plunge in slow-mo. it will help you see how the ball is getting struck and if the ball is rattling too much as it heads up the shooter lane. All of those rattles kill the balls energy. It could also be that your game is not level left to right (or even too steep)...dialing in a pin is an art. I think I spent a week of tweaking my Avengers to play the way I thought it should when it first came in, and I haven't touched it since. All the machines are hand made so there is no one size fits all setup.
Hope this helps,
Lb

Ulek makes them in light blue:
https://www.ulekstore.com/Plastic_Protector_Set_for_Avengers_Infinity_Quest_p/fluorb_protset_aiq.htm

Nudging is your friend…I mean every time it touches a sling. I also suggest playing with the sling power. Try going up and down, every pin is hand assembled and its own creature play with it to see what make it more fun. Welcome to the club! I love this pin.

Check to make sure you spinning disc is level with the playfield. If it is too high or too low it will create ball hops. If the disc is the culprit slow down and check with this forum before loosing the jam nut and adjusting it. There are pdfs here that helped me. if you over tighten the jam nut you can crack the nylon nut. If you don’t get it tight enough the disc will eventually slip and ruin the board/sensor that reads the spins. I know…that jam nut is a goldilocks. My jam nut was too loose from the factory and stern replaced the sensor for me, and my game was down for two week while they shipped a new one. Lastly I got 3D printed shims and put two under the Sanctum Target (leaning it forward a bit) and that solve some of my air balls.
-Lb

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/221#post-7216296

I love this…time to start practicing.
-Lb

I was able to reach the target and install the two shims without taking anything else apart. It is very clumsy, but after dropping the shims a lot I got it. I used two shims. I hope the pics help.
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