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SCARED STIFF Club...Members Only

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11 years ago


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#3257 5 years ago

I picked up a Scared Stiff a week ago and have it running perfectly except for the Spider Hole kickout. I've tinkered with it for hours and nothing I do seems to get it to kick out consistently. The first thing I did was tighten up the coil, which seemed to help a bit but eventually went back into it's cycle of rejection. I then started playing with the angle of the bracket, installed one washer, then two washers, then bending...nothing improved. Since then I have installed a completely new popper weldment, no change. I then bought the ramp repair kit and installed the top bracket, which does keep them from flying out the top and onto the playfield, but did nothing for consistent kicks. I swapped back to the original weldment last night, inspected every single part involved on the lower playfield, measured for straightness of the bracket and nothing appears to be wrong and everything is snug and straight.

I'm at a complete loss here, if this thing is actually this sensitive I cannot be the only one that has problems with it. Does anyone have any tips? I have not installed the rest of the ramp kit because I don't think the game needs it but if people found that helped I will pull the ramp.

#3262 5 years ago
Quoted from whthrs166:

Do you know what ramp you have? Do you have the new thicker one? Take a look at the where the ball hits the flap. Make sure it is not hitting the edge of the ramp hole. look at the steel strap over the hole make sure that the ball allows for enough clearance so the flap can close. Sometimes that strap is too close to the ramp and the flap hangs up on it or the ball won't make it all the way through to get it closed. If all of that is ok, it most likely is the angle is off just a bit.

The ramp is pretty thick but I’m not sure which one because it was installed when I got it. I think I figured out the spiderhole though. It was actually three compound issues that I never applied individual fixes to all at the same time. Primarily confusing is that the brand new repro weldment was welded crooked. So once I reinstalled the original, shimmed it forward with washers, and have the top guard installed it seems to be working correctly. Around .040” doesn’t seem like a lot, and probably would have been fine in an upkicker that shoots into a wireform or tube. But in this situation it’s shooting a ball 4” straight up through the air, which is a lot of time for an off-center shot to veer from its intended course.

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#3264 5 years ago
Quoted from whthrs166:

Ok so the angle was off. Typical. Yeah SS spider hole operation is very touchy but once you get it dialed in, it should be good to go. Mine will still misfire once in a blue moon but it doesn't bother me. "Hey, It's Only Pinball"

Yeah the occasional miss is fine, as long as it gets it on the second try. This was just sitting there firing over and over never making it up.

#3266 5 years ago
Quoted from Nihonmasa:

Went to flasher tests mode: strictly no flasher lit up, even the ones that do work in-game :-s No voltage, nada
Lawnboy: they're unfortunately good

Did you have the coin door open?

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