(Topic ID: 226127)

road kings weak lame flipper

By cubie

5 years ago



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  • 10 posts
  • 5 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 3 years ago by zacaj
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#1 5 years ago

my right flipper is weak and delayed its a coil i replaced recently what is the driver trans. # the manual doesn't say on the back cover like the others and i don't know what i need to replace

#2 5 years ago

Are your eos switches good and making contact. Cold solder on the flipper board.

#3 5 years ago

the normally closed eos is missing a contact pad could this cause a weak flipper

#4 5 years ago

the normally closed eos is missing a contact pad could this cause a weak flipper

#5 5 years ago

System 11 doesn't use transistors to drive the flipper, it's a direct/high voltage connection through the cabinet switches.

Quoted from cubie:

the normally closed eos is missing a contact pad could this cause a weak flipper

Yes. Replace the EOS if you haven't yet and are having any flipper strength issues

#6 5 years ago

Yes. The voltage has to pass through the contacts. If it doesn’t it will act Normally open and the coil will be constantly at low power

#7 5 years ago

the wire came lose as well, the eos broke and that caused the wire to melt free i guess but replacing the wire did not improve the performance of the flipper and a new eos switch is on its way.

#8 5 years ago
Quoted from cubie:

the wire came lose as well, the eos broke and that caused the wire to melt free i guess but replacing the wire did not improve the performance of the flipper and a new eos switch is on its way.

Make sure you check your other one as well.

1 year later
#9 3 years ago

May try to resurrect an old thread here - but I’ve owned two RK’s (one I bought then traded off quickly - it was LED’d and seemed to have much more power on the flippers , slings maybe even the pops idk )

Anyhow I kept my original one and traded this other one because of playfield wear The other stuff I can add. Or so I thought

What’s the trick to getting more power ? I know older EM’s you can tap off the transformer on a different tab. But for this one ?

Coming from any of my other games these flippers both seem weak. And again the slings seem the same way.

Just put more powerful coils in ? Think someone just hot rodded this other one before I got it?

thought I’d ask here first
Thanks!

#10 3 years ago

Have you rebuilt the mechs yet? Connectors in the flipper power chain can also help. I don't remember if this era can be high tapped

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