Lord of the Rings
Stern, 2003This is probably as simple as I guess but I wanted to check before I break something. My right sling on my LOTR is firing intermittently without being touched. Is it just a matter of bending the back leaf (?) back a bit to increase the gap between the two contacts?
The Tron I play on location here in Dallas has the thinnest working gap known to man. It will not fire on it's "own", even when bumping the machine, but if you press the flipper on the right side, it will fire with the flipper. Have to be *VERY* careful on live catches out of the scoop on that one! 
Quoted from vid1900:http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1518
Every pinball owner should have this tool
A "how-to" with the tool or youtube video would be nice since, when first looking at it, I didn't know how to use it.
I assume you put one of the contact leads in the tool and then rotate CW or CCW, direction being dependent on if you want to widen or shorten the gap between the two contact points ?
And yes to the original OP, I would nearly guarantee the space between the contacts is your problem. Exact same identical thing happened on my old XF - distance between contacts was the problem.
Thread drudge, anyone have a picture of the tool mentioned above that pinball life used to sell? Link no longer works. Have same problem as the Op.
Quoted from Morgoth00:anyone have a picture of the tool mentioned above that pinball life used to sell?
https://www.pinballlife.com/ultimate-leaf-adjuster-tool.html
LTG : )
Quoted from pins4u:A little careful observation and comparison with the other sling switches will probably allow you to see the issue.
This is a COMMON issue with ALL pinball machines and the leaf switches used everywhere.
Thanks, curved hemostats worked great 
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/slingshot-firing-by-itself and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.
Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.
London
Kamloops, BC
Conyers, GA
Sana'a
Gaborone