Rotterdam, NY
Quoted from wisefwumyogwave:The holes on the blue rubber are oval? so looks to me on a hit all the stress transfers immediately to the clip and eventually breaks the insertion feet. Unreal. I turned my flipper power way down as I don't like lightning fast play, maybe that will save mine. But I imagine stern will just give you a new clip and posts, do you think the screws weren't really tight from the get go? Could that have helped?
A temporary fix may larger diameter screws and re tapping the posts. A more permanent fix would be to grind the head of a longer screw down near flat with a slight Arc ... Insert thru the center and use a lock nut in the outside. You would need to hold the shaft of the screw to tighten the nut. Then you can cut the screw after the nut if necessary for clearance. It looks like they may have to rethink the way the bumpers attach if there continue to be problems.
