I have not removed the posts on my slingshots yet, but they look fine as they are now (well, I have played only ca. 10 games on my NIB game, so no wonder they do not show any wear. The game is a November build.

However, in order to prepare for the chipping, please advice on which of the washers should I use? The metal ones or the clear ones (from playfield protectors)? The plastic ones seem to be a bit fatter, but smaller in diameter. They both are not much bigger than the posts, but I think it is a good thing, as I will be putting in the game also a PF protector and I am hoping that they PF protector would not overlap the washers. It might be a really close call though.

EDIT: I also bought a set of black rubber seal washers - might they be of any use? I guess they would be applied under the post (provided the post is ok) and the metal/plastic washer would then not be used?

(I do not have access to rubber washers, so I have to skip that plan and also the star posts would overlap the PF protector I think, so its a no-go.)

Have a look at the pics and thank you for any advice!
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Thanks. Would you consider using metal washers under the posts a better alternative to plastic washers?

I might have to get the star posts and rubbers, but as they are not readily available for me, I am trying to use an alternative, which I know not being ideal and not as good as the official fix - but however better than have nothing under the posts.

Hmm - is that so really? I have cliffies on order and have a pf protector waiting for install after I receive them. I am waiting for a 4-part cliffies, which I ordered from Europe. So I should rather go on with the install and forget about the cliffies?

Thanks for any info!

There are other places on the PF with the posts as well. I wonder should one rubberize them all, or only the slingshots? There is a hammer and the rubbers under the ramp to the ship atleast. Have a look at the pics.

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Do you know is the fix from JJP only for the slingshots or for other posts on the PF as well?

I have my playfield disassembled and waiting currently for some rubber washers. I was wondering if I would just go ahead with the assembly and only add rubbers for the slingshot posts. JJP fix might tell a bit how they see the problem, i.e. is it only slingshot posts related.

Anybody with experience on would this work?
Originals posts, under them a clear washer and narrow rubber.
Or is the sling now too high in comparison to the the ball?
Maybe I should remove the clear washer?

Thank you again for your advice!

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For me, as an international customer, the JJP support has not been that good in sending out replacement parts. Last time it took 6 months for a replacement part to arrive and now I have waited 2.5 months for parts that I ordered from their webshop. I'd rather do this myself, if I can. Also I have disassembled my PF to put in a PF protector, so my plan was to put rubbers and plastic washers for all the similar posts in the PF...

Looks very nice! Can you take a picture with a pinball alongside the slings, so I could compare, how high the sling rubber is in comparison to mine?

Yes, the PF protector goes around the posts, I need to add washers as well. I do not have the effects yet, but I have played only ca. 10 games on it. No, the posts just raise a bit with the rubber and clear washer, but as you said, they may be a bit too high up now.

I've started to assemble my playfield and it seems that my idea to put rubber/washer to under other similar posts of the playfield as well was not that well-thought. The post under the Dauntless prohibits the movement of the Dauntless and cannot therefore have any washer, but seemed to work with rubber only. Putting washer/rubber under the posts under the big plastic that's between the chest and the BP makes the chest lean a bit more to the left. I have not yet put the BP in, but I am afraid that the big plastic with the posts alongside the rubber/washer will harm the movement of the ship, so I think of removing the washers/rubber under the big plastic then.

Well, it was nice to experiment

Today I managed to put it all back together. It seems that it was ok to add rubbers/washers to posts, the only problematic one that I had to leave without was the one under the Dauntless. Yes, the chest is leaning a bit more to left now, but I read a suggestion on the board that it would help with multiballs, so I let that be. Also it seems that it did not hurt the BP movement to put the washers/rubbers under the big plastic after all. When dismantling the PF, there were a couple of good posts in the mix - what a smooth surface and a difference to the regular posts in the PF...