Is there a trick to improve how much 'zip' slingshots have? On my Mata Hari I think the slingshots could be stronger. If the ball hits dead center on the slingshots, they work pretty well. If the ball hits off center on the slingshots, they seem kind of weak and sloppy to me. I've played plenty of other games where the slingshots were much better. They seemed tighter and had more punch. I've replaced the rubber. I do have the correct 2 1/2" size on there. I've cleaned the coil plungers and replaced the sleeves. I've adjusted the leaf switch blades but the switches look like they've seen better days. Would replaced the switches help? Any other suggestions? Thanks.

Thanks LTG. I just tried adjusting them. I definitely had the longer blade too far forward. They might be a little better. The blades have been bent up quite a bit. There's seems to be a fine line between a slight trigger and having it machine gun. I do have new switches that I bought a while back. I never put them on because I think the longer blade is a little shorter than the original switches. Not sure how well they will work.

I'm getting quite a bit of machine gunning. I think the blades are just worn out and have too much play in them. I think I'm going to replace the switches.

They did seem a little better. I should mention that I had added capacitors a few months ago because it seemed like they were "missing' quite a bit. The capacitors definitely seemed to fix that issue but can they be the cause of the machine gunning? I opened the contacts up quite a bit and they are still machine gunning.

I'll have to check that tonight but you may be on to something. I know that when it hits in the center it sounds like a good clean tight hit. But when it hits off center it sounds like more of a thud if that makes sense. I have not tried to replace the pivot arm. I did try replacing the plunger and link but it seems the new links are thicker. Maybe too thick because when I put the clips on, it seemed to bind up the plunger a little. I put the old plunger and links back on. But I do have new sleeves.

I don't think they did. I've read two schools of thought on them. They definitely helped missed scoring on my pop bumpers. I was having the same problems with the slingshots so I added them. Definitely helped.

I will try readjusting them. I probably should have just left them alone but after recently playing an Eight Ball Deluxe with really powerful slingshots I thought I could make mine better.

I checked them tonight. They seem pretty loose. I may order some new ones. I did get the machine gunning to settle down for the most part.

vid1900 posted this picture on another thread about slingshots causing the ball to hit the glass due to a loose pivot arm. This assembly is out of stock everywhere. Would this work in it's place?

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1821
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2830

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Thanks for the info guys. Today I just finished replacing all 4 leaf switches on the sling shots. Doesn't really help the sluggishness but the machine gunning is stopped. I did not reinstall the capacitors. With the new blades I don't think I will need them. The old switches were really bent up so I'm glad I changed them out. Anyway maybe I am expecting too much and this is how the slingshots are on 70's Bally games. It's just I've played games with much better slings. I will look into the Williams slings.

Thanks. I just took it apart. Doesn't seem gummy. Moves freely but there's definitely some side to side movement. I just ordered the Williams parts.

Slings missing a few scores here and there even with the new switches. That's why I had added the caps on the old switches. I don't want to add them here. Hopefully the tighter sling arms will make the scoring register better.