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Playmatic Flipper Rebuilds

By djreddog

4 years ago


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#1 4 years ago

Looking for some assistance on rebuilding flippers for a Playmatic machine. I've reached out to PB Resource and they don't carry anything. I also reached out to Mayfair and they don't have anything either. Numerous people have stated that Playmatic simply used Williams or Gottlieb parts to build their machines.

How can I confirm this?

If I want to rebuild my flippers on my Playmatic Conquest 200, what "generic" parts would I order?

At a loss on how to rebuild my flippers.

#3 4 years ago
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#5 4 years ago

I can't believe they did that! Thanks for the feedback Ken. I'm not too swift when it comes to repairs, so if I order a complete Sys11 kit, is it basically plug and play by removing the old parts and inserting the new parts, or do I have to make some type of modifications?

Looking over kits, looks like it comes with everything except the coil stop. Just use the existing one or is there an equivalent replacement?

EDIT - I guess it depends on where you order the kits from. Pinball life does not include coil stops, other sites do.

#7 4 years ago
Quoted from KenLayton:

Pinball life includes coil stop and tapered spring:
https://www.pinballlife.com/full-flipper-assembly-for-williamsbally-machines-from-021984-to-011987.html
Just email Terry and tell you want "no coil" because you will reuse the Playmatic one.

Awesome. That link actually answers my other question. When I was comparing the linkage of my existing flippers to the linkage in the Williams flippers I noticed that the link assembly length was greatly reduced with the Williams kit and I wasn't sure how that was going to work out by "swapping" parts. But since this is a fully built assembly, it solves that issue.

#9 4 years ago
Quoted from zacaj:

Just make sure that the new assembly has a similar stroke, so that it doesn't become easier/harder to trap

Hmm, I'm not familiar with "similar stroke". Could you please elaborate a little more?

7 months later
#12 3 years ago
Quoted from KenLayton:

The original Playmatic flippers had massive overtravel/slop and as they aged/wore became even worse allowing super easy ball trapping. I think using Williams assemblies would be much better for game play.

In the process of having my Playmatic Conquest converted to Williams. Can’t wait for the finished product.

1 week later
#15 3 years ago
Quoted from KenLayton:

The flippers have a much better, snappier feel to them now, don't they?

That they do. (This is my game that was modified). The original flippers were very wonky. So thankful pefdude was able to modify the game with System 11 assemblies.

1 year later
#20 2 years ago
Quoted from Quickdraw19:

Thanks. It actually looks like I might have a problem with the Williams coil anyway. I don't know about how coil voltages work, but I see here https://www.flippers.com/coil-resistance.html that the FL-26-600/30-2600 uses 50v. I can't find any info on the Playmatic B-1008, but from the schematic it looks they're only being fed 30v.

If I recall correctly, the voltage is the reason we kept the existing coil.

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