Loosening up the front legs a bit will make it easier to nudge. This works but you have to use caution or the legs can dig into the cab.

WHAT!!!
Good god no!
Why F up the cabinet to nudge you're game?

This didn't sound like a good idea to me either. I've read that some loosen the nut on the bottom of the leg, and other add the plastic slide or footies under them as well. You may want to research that a bit

yeah jesus, just put furniture sliders on the levelers

Lots of variables here, flooring, levelers, etc. I would just make sure the incline is set to where you want, and the levelers are solid. I think the last thing you'd want to do is give the machine that is set up all weird some crazy slide save and have something very expensive happen. Watch videos and learn technique that would transfer to all kinds of set ups unless you want to only be able to move machines on sliders

I set my tilts tight and make my drinks strong. All set up for some proper nudging.

It shouldn't nudge easily

Loosening the nuts on the bottoms of the legs (if they're tight, and you have them at all) will make it wiggle more. Try putting an inch on all four legs. Putting some leg protectors on can help too. Part of it may just come down to age though. Your TZ's cab probably isn't quite as solid as an MMR unless it's in excellent shape.

I thought you wanted to make MMR nudge more? And MMR is all the way down?

When I said "at 1 inch" I was assuming they're all at 0, what I meant was add an inch to everything, I guess. Higher = more nudgeable

Set your tilt tight and put sliders under if you want to make it move easier. That way you don't get away with sliding the machine access the floor 6 inches to save a sdtm ball(my friend does that so I had to tighten the tilt I up to keep him at bay.)Just don't forget you want to get better and play in a tournament most rules forbid slideng more than an inch.

Remove the tilt bob and use those hips and arms.

OP asked how to make it easy to nudge, loosening the leg bolt is an easy way to do that. Not saying I do it, but can be done without damaging the cab. My pins are on carpet, so I do have sliders under some of the front legs. That works fine for me.

Still wondering how you are getting 6.5 on mmr without the back levelers out at least a inch? If i had any of my wpc95 pins with the levelers flat , they wld only be 5-5.5 degrees which is a float fest. How are you determining the angle and where are you measuring it at? . Also do your leg levelers on tz have a lock nut ? They are there to make the levelers tight and stable when up high.....

How about putting these on your TZ back legs:
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By the way, I have the same 2 machine collection!

My DM is tough to nudge because it weighs a ton. I just hit it harder than I do the Sterns.

Yes, I have the levelers screwed all the way into the legs and my machine was pretty close to 6.5.

I don't think you have anything defective. You just need to MacGyver your way through your specific situation, which seems to involve a floor that is not level.

Nudging.........hem??? I set my tilt faubs so tight the machine TILTS when you blow on it!!! haha....Creech is funny...."watch it buddy...then YOUR NO Gentleman!......

I meant to add these just to the back legs or wherever your floor is lower.

Heck, just throw a 2x4 under the back legs.

It makes it easier to nudge because there is alot less resistance. It also can be too easy to nudge if you have your tilt set loose since you can slide the machine a few inches without tilting.

For example, if the ball is going sdtm, all you need to do is slide the machine 2 inches either way and save the ball. Therefore it's a lot easy to save the ball on sliders

I think you may have the wrong mental model about nudging. You are not nudging to push the ball. You are nudging to move the playfield underneath the ball.

Exactly. That's a good way to put it. And that's why the sliders will make it easier.

TZ and MM definitely have a different feel when nudging.

TZ is heavier and bigger. Widebodies just nudge differently, they are more floaty in general.

I feel that nudging, tilt, tilt warnings, etc are an essential part of the game and that removing the tilt bob is cheating.

I liked this video about it, and it has a nice, easy, reversible midification if you're getting phantom tilts: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-pinball-tilt-new-pinball-film

Without the tilt bob you aren't nudging it, you're moving/sliding/shaking it (or will be). Which is fine but that isn't what nudging is aboot.