Overland Park, KS
Quoted from Gotemwill:I do have one additional question. After reassembling the flipper assembly with all new bushings, I was surprised to find that the flipper itself is still very close to the playfield. It does not appear to be touching but it’s also not gapped off the playfield like I’m used to seeing on my 2” flipper games. Those are gapped off the playfield by a good 1/8”.
Should the flipper shaft be set right down onto the top bushing? That’s how it’s shown on this exploded view. There’s also a groove in the shaft where the set screws go which make it appear that there’s about 1/4” of play up and down.[quoted image]
Your explanation is how I learned to set this style of flipper up. The flange of the flipper shaft sitting on the top bearing/bushing.
The crank arm is then clamped to the flipper shaft without contacting either the upper or lower bearing/bushing.
I have found the flipper bat covers close to the playfield also. My solution is to take the bottom edge of the flipper bat cover to a sanding block and remove some of the edges that extend close to the playfield. You can easily take 1/32+ off and make it a comfortable clearance.
