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Stern lightning - flippers strength

By barakawins

1 year ago


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#23 1 year ago
Quoted from barakawins:

Ok so I checked wiring and it's correct. I also went ahead and changed the coil stop bracket. No change. I'm starting to wonder if the spinner is too heavy causing the slow down since it's not a classic stern spinner. Anyone have a classic stern spinner?

Did you check the flipper button cabinet switches. They must be new "tungsten style switches"? or at minimum clean to get a consistent flip. I find that you often need to use a small file on those tungsten contacts to get them shiny and making nice contact. SAME is true for the EOS switches. Tungsten switches are not like a typical pinball switch (which you should never sand or file down). With tungsten switches, sometimes you will need to get aggressive.

#25 1 year ago

From the top of the PF, can you slightly lift up the flipper bat and push it back down? It should have about a washers thickness of up and down play through the PF there or you will get some very weak flipper power. Also known as "backlash", play, or slop. It is a good thing in this case! It's the #1 reason I see when encountering a slugging flipper and no one ever talks about it. Both flippers should have a similar amount of play. If not, loosen the flipper bat shaft, lift it up a bit, then realign and re-tighten it.

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