(Topic ID: 235744)

Paragon Upper Left Flipper Issue

By Xerico

5 years ago



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#1 5 years ago

Today, my upper left flipper on my Bally Paragon stopped working.
When I manually activate the plunger link, the hold power will engage and keep flipper In held position. But the flipper itself will not fire when the flipper button is pressed.

The lower left flipper coil works fine.

Steps Taken:

1) confirmed that coil was good using a multimeter
2) removed coil and cleaned up the solder connections.
3) replaced it with a new coil that also tested good with a MM.
4) Jumped the normally open power switch and grounded the other end. Lower flipper fires. Upper flipper does not.
5) tested all other solenoids and they worked fine.
6) tested all other switches and none had issues.

Any suggestions?

Marcus

#2 5 years ago

try adjusting the switch at the flipper button.

mjr

#3 5 years ago

Sounds like the End of Stroke switch is open - it should normally be closed until the flipper reaches the end of stroke when it should open. When you press the flipper button does it feel like it's trying to move but doesn't have enough power?

#4 5 years ago
Quoted from Quench:

Sounds like the End of Stroke switch is open - it should normally be closed until the flipper reaches the end of stroke when it should open. When you press the flipper button does it feel like it's trying to move but doesn't have enough power?

Thanks! This helped resolve the issue.

The end of stroke on the upper flipper was not making good connection. I cleaned and adjusted the EOS on the upper flipper and it works great now.

Thanks!

Marcus

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