Quoted from Deez:Thanks for the help everyone. I need to place an order for some new t-nuts and gi braid and then I'll be ready to start installing the mechs again. Maybe I"ll verify all the dimpling in the meantime.
One tip on the High Speed playfield swap. Pay very close attention to the two roll overs in the upper left and right corners. You should have received new loose roll over "stars". If these stars are unable to go down until they are flush with the playfield, the ball trajectory really gets screwed up...especially on the right one. If not down far enough, the orbit shot up the right side will fail. You cannot remove the stars once inserted without risking damage to the roll over insert. To test whether the star will go down far enough to not affect play... First view in your old playfield how the existing star goes down. Next, on the underside of the old playfield, locate the underside of the star and snip off the nub that retains the star in the roll over with a pair of cutters. This will allow you to pop the star out the top of the playfield. Now you can use this star to test in the new playfield to see if it can go down flush AND to make sure it moves freely...you might have to also clean out the "vanes" for the star! Chances are it won't go down far enough. I used a Dremel with a diamond tip grinder in an attempt to clean out any clear coat on the shoulder down in the roll over that the star will impact at its lowest point....this might have helped a little but did not solve the problem.
What I had to do was to use the Dremel, and on the underside of the star, grind away some plastic (about 1/16") of the star vanes around the shaft to get the star to go down far enough.
The star needs to be modified to go down flush with the playfield for those sweet orbit shots.
One other note, the roll overs were never lit from underneath. If you look at the underside of the playfield, you will find GI leads running around both roll overs...Good time to add GI lighting for them.
Bothell, WA
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