But if they don’t make good contact, some flips will be weak.

But in your case it’s consistently getting worse with play. That won’t be the EOS. I agree.

Double check the mechs are moving smoothly and you have some up and down play between the pawl and bushing.

Also double check all the parts. I’ve had coil stops break in less than 500 plays.

I can’t explain how the modern EOS works, all I can say is that if it’s not making good contact, the flips will be weak as hell. This is from the first flip to the last flip of the session. Has no bearing on how long you’ve been playing. I’m also assuming the eos switches work the same in spike and spike 2.

Doesn’t sound like this is his issue though, as his gets weak the longer he plays.

This is 100% not the case for spike games. The flipper will be a wet noodle if the EOS is open at flipper rest.

I when fixing my GOT, the switch diagnostics would show the eos open, then when it closed. I found out it was flaky when it would not always register as closed. Actually took a couple new eos switches before I finally found one that always registered as closed.

No issues since.

Like every 4-5 flips, when you’d flip, it would be super weak. So if you’re lining up the center ramp on GOT, it would shoot the left orbit and barely touch the spinner. Haha

If your game is really steep too, it will be hard to make the center ramp from a trap on the right. You have to hit that sweet spot and it will go right up there. It’s not the flipper being weak.

If you had the issues noted above, you would hit the center ramp with one flip, then flip at the exact same time on another try and it would go into the pops instead. Haha

Sure. Did you try all the stuff mentioned in this thread? Still no luck? When does it happen? Randomly or worse over time?