Also, this wire (ground?) seems to be layed right where is need to drill two of the screws, is that an issue?

Check again. Sometimes, a tiny bit of wood covers the holes. Poke up from the captured nuts underneath

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Take a picture of the bottom of the cabinet from underneath. Should have 4 captured nuts for the shaker.

I bought one a while back. Looks great

I do

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Poke a small tool through those holes. It will pop out the thin wood disks covering your holes.

If it pierces that wire is that ok as I am pretty sure it will?

It's fine. Move the braid a bit to uncover the hole. No big deal.

Pretty sure it's by design to be at least adjacent so that the shaker is grounded. And the purpose of it being braided is so that things can pierce it to be grounded.

Yes shaker needs to sit on the braid so it's grounded. You won't break it poking it with a screwdriver.

Have you guys tried different balls?

I like the Ninja super shiny balls even though they are supposed to get magnetized, I have not had this happen and my magnet seems very reliable at catching the balls. Playfield at 7.0°.

I'm right around 1000 games played, with several 50-60 minute games played (I also do have DIY fan on magnet and flipper coils). I actually bought Polaris balls, but prefer Ninja and tried them when I first got the game to see how long before they magnetized. I have been using them in my other machines with no magnetization in AIQ or TZ either.

When I changed the first set out at ~500 games played, no magnetization noted with other balls, paperclips, etc. Getting close to changing out again as they get a little scratched up as I generally change out every 500 games.

Just a thought.

The synthetic grease (Super Lube) on the shaker did not work. I did notice that the squeak seemed to go away when spinning in just one direction. So I went ahead with the suggestion to change the polarity and so far so good. I need to give it more time but I'm hopeful.

Ordered Jan 22 and still waiting. So 5.5 months. I think your fine saying 6 months

Has there been any mention of the ball being clanky coming out of the shooter lane? Not sure what’s causing this.... is there a fix or an adjustment?

First off..are you talking about the auto launch or a manual plunge? Also it is a real skill shot you have to time it to where the ball jumps out of the shooter lane and hits right before the embedded guide bar, but with enough momentum to either continue across the playfield behind the upper left flipper or to perform one of the other unique skill shots including coming back down the lane... But if you do happen to hit it and it hits right on the embedded guide bar it will get a little clank there..

If you're talking about the ball rattling coming out of the shooter lane itself and hitting sidewalls, then you need to consider the auto plunger adjustment or the manual plunger tip strike point on the ball and possibly lining that up better

I had this issue, and it's a quick fix. You will need to remove the plastic bridge components and spread them apart more and then tighten them again. It's a very tight fight but there is some wiggle room. What's happening is the plastic pieces of the bridge if they where not assembled perfectly will rub against one another preventing the bridge from returning to it's normal straight path shape. You don't have to take off the whole bridge.. I only took out the C clip bracket nearest to the moving building (I have a Premium version) then took out a another screw underneath the bridge and was at that point able to disassemble most of the bridge 3 out of the 4 pieces I was able to remove the 2 black screws that hold them and nudge it and re-tighten to fix the issue. Just make sure when you put it back together the bolt underneath the bridge is correctly aligned. It's a bit tricky to hold it all in one hand but totally doable. Good luck.

I haven't tried different balls. Been using anti-mag ball baron ones from day one (since that's what people on pinside recommended). I suppose I could give it a shot and perhaps it could have an impact. Though it's not that the magnet never catches the ball; it does regularly from the right flipper and on direct shots.

How is the guide on the left side of magnet? Mine was out about 1/8" inch. Easy to loosen nut underneath and squeeze guide back in tight. Now the magnet throws it way back up on left side, easier to make loop shot as well.

I received my GZ Prem last week and noticed that the center spinner was only registering a small amount of spins on clean hits. After closer inspection, I found that the micro switch gets stuck down briefly and is not as responsive/springy as the other switches. Is this something that can be adjusted or does the entire switch need to be replaced?

EDIT: I was not prepared for the run on these bodies and an now out of stock on the modern bodies in clear. I'll need to order replacments from Germany in a few weeks; for now I have removed clear as a color option.

I was trying to figure out why I was selling a few of single pop bumper bodies, skirts, and bases in clear and then why I had a customer ask me by email. I now know.

For those whom are ordering via the link above; you want the modern body, the skirt, and the clear base.
Many are forgetting the clear base; you can see the white base if you don't replace it. Example from another game:
example white base

Thing is this happened like a light switch was suddenly thrown. Played earlier in the afternoon the day the update came out and the magnet was good for all shots including clean shots through from the left flipper. Installed new code and the magnet wasn't catching well in the first game with new code and my first clean shot through from the left flipper had pretty much no magnet effect at all when it should have been swooped into the left ramp lane. It's definitely a code issue.

Doug can you pm me please, If this is true I somehow ordered 4/20 and want to make sure you got it…. Site shows / showed “may delay order” but still allowed me to add to cart and pay by pp.

Poor Doug.

Here’s a vote to create a separate thread for updates on that specific situation.

Not sure if trolling but January orders have not finished being fulfilled yet, according to multiple posters, so you've got a wait. You can search this thread and the mod thread for "Doug" or "speaker lights" to get an idea of current situation. You're just gonna have to wait. I doubt asking a guy who's made it clear to not but him about it to "pm you" on a thread of 12000 posts is really gonna help.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-godzilla-official-owners-club/page/247#post-7012824

Duh, not trolling, he specifically said he hasn't offered them for sale in 6 months since January-ish.

I somehow made an order in April and want to make sure he knows his orders have actually still been coming in & posting here should anyone else be as surprised as I was reading his post (while I quietly wait as I am indeed aware of his order status being back-logged).

Not sure if I can make it more clear for you, let me know if I can dumb it down further.

Newbie questions as I picked up a Pro this past weekend. When you get the Multiball that starts by the bridge with the magnet to the left of it, when the other two balls kick out are they also supposed to lock on the magnet for a few seconds before all three balls drop? I've had that happen a few times and then other times the balls kick out and just knock the first ball off. Just curious how it's supposed to be the majority of the time.

Doug said “My Flaming Speaker Light Kits have not EVEN been listed for sale for 6 months”, meaning they were listed just under 6 months ago for the very first time, so all orders are less than 6 months old.

Just curious, not sure how official toppers coincide with game releases...
Is there an "official" topper for godzilla floating around out there or has one not been released yet? And any rumors of one/what it might be?
Thnx

-I did just get the mezel mods one but curious what an official one from stern might look like for this

Do you have a picture of the MezEl topper on your pin as I've been thinking about this, but also wondering when something else would be released.

I assume you're referring to Godzilla multi-ball. If so, yes, having the magnet hold all three balls and drop simultaneously is the intended functionality, but this change was JUST introduced in the last code version and isn't very consistent for many as you have noticed. Prior to .97 code, it would drop the ball first and then plunge the other two.

It's very possible this functionality will improve in future code releases, but if you want to try on your own you can attempt to fix by:

-Making sure your machine is level side-to-side and at about 6.8-7.0 pitch.
-Replacing balls with ones that are more prone to magnet activity.
-Close the 'gap' between the rail to the left and the magnet (if you search this thread there are lots of posts explaining how to do this).
-Playing with your plunge power (found under the adjustments) to ensure plunged balls reach the magnet consistently.

My bad, thanks for clarifying / dumbing it down for me - one of my buddies had his GZLE since Sept / Oct of last year and I thought he had them on his shortly after that so thought Doug meant he had put sales on hold for last 6 months...

Yes that's correct the Godzilla multi-ball. Good to know it's supposed to do that as I'm running the latest .97 code. Are we finding it better to be at a higher pitch for this pin then the 6.5 as I have all my pins set at that pitch but can certainly raise it higher if that's recommended? Also what are you setting your plunger power to as mine has been fine so I haven't adjusted it yet?

mine was pushing 6 months before I finally got em.

Hi, i have a question, that will be easy to answer for people from USA, i want to remove some pieces on the playfield of my godzilla to put a convlux and as normal since is fabricated on the USA the nut screw bolts are in imperial mesure and not metrical.
Can you tell me the size of the bolts/nuts so i can buy the good tools to unscrew them. thanks

Please send me a PM letting me know what name your order was placed under. I only see one order that went to Midland, MI. Ordered Jan 23rd and delivered on May 18th (less than 4 months later). Maybe I am mistaken, but letting me know who you are can get it cleared up.

Doug (SpeakerLightKits.com)

For pins in your house, always set them at the pitch you like to play them at. There is never a correct answer to that. Some people like them a bit more "floaty", whereas some people like them to have the ball come down straight and fast. It is all preference.

Having said that, get some rubber feet. They are AWESOME when testing different pitches. You can pop them under the back feet to try a higher pitch. You can put them under the front ones to try lower. It makes for much faster adjustments that don't get the machine out of level left to right normally. Then set it how you like it best.

For the 3 ball to the magnet plunge, mine didn't work at first. I had adjusted the autoplunger down so it wasn't smacking the balls all around. When I adjusted that back to default, it started "doing the thing" with the 3 balls a good amount of the time. I still need to make some tweaks to my launcher, but I just keep playing instead of tweaking... which is a good thing.

Just when I think the game can’t get any better…oxygen destroyer is such a cool mode. Reminds me of toto from woz. Keep up the great updates Stern!

I guess pitch is more of a personal preference.. I keep my games around 6.8-7.00 as I find its easier to hit the far playfield shots (left spinner and scoop/bumper in this case). But now that I think it through, I guess you'd have better odds of hitting the magnet on plunge the lower incline so if you're at 6.5 and thats what you like then disregard my pitch comment .

Auto plunge is adjustment #150, and mine is set to factory setting which also happens to be 150.

Diffusing the OD with only a few seconds left is so cool, heck even flailing until the last minute and having the flippers power down is great. Such a cool integration of the OD that’s loyal to the original concept. Can’t wait to see what else is coming with future updates!!

I asked this in the mod thread, but no replies yet in a few days so I wanted to poll the general population here..

Does anyone have this mechagodzilla mod and can speak to its quality?

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1016-lermods/06715-godzilla-pinball-pro-illuminated-mechagodzilla

Thanks!

First time quoting myself.

Yup really misunderstood Doug, in fact when I got ready to go for a GZ and started looking at the mods figured Doug had been selling them for a while - as far back as flame speakers I saw on bksor’s.

Again my bad, flame on if necessary - I suited up.

Delete repeat.

Where did you get the green acrylic for on top of the scoop?

Please forgive a more general question here, but it relates to GZ and other Sterns. I’ve seen many posts that state the stock flipper coil stocks are junk. Several posts say the stops only lasted a few hundred games, etc.

My question is, what constitutes a failed coil stop for a newer Stern? Anything to look for? On heavily routed games I restored years ago, really well-used stops got mushroomed. Is this the issue? I’ve ordered a dozen replacements in anticipation of replacement. I’d appreciate knowing what to look for. Thanks.

You'd want to get nut drivers and wrenches in the following sizes:
1/4"
5/16"
11/32"
3/8"

That will cover you for most parts on games. Also order a set of imperial unit Allen wrenches (also known as hex keys) - a standard set should have all the sizes you need.

The stops fail where they're attached to the bracket, there is a brass ring that wears out so you end up with slop. Aside from iffy play, check under Any and all flipper mechanisms and look for gold dust in the cabinet. This is brass shavings that wear off the coil stops. While you're in there replace your sleeves

Got it, thank you. Good advice on the sleeves, too. I do this whenever I see any type of wear on the mech.