I wonder if this has been covered before, but it seems that I'm having a hard time getting my STTNG to consistently or regularly 'accept' balls into the ball lock / launch probe hole behind the pop bumpers.

The play field is level and properly angled, so I don't beleive that's the issue.

The ball always seems to bounce off the metal backing behind the hole, and ends up skipping over the hole itself, I would think that having something there to cushion the ball might help absorb some of the momentum and allow the ball to slow enough to fall in the hole - but that's just off the top of my head.

Has anyone else experienced this problem, or is there a common fix for this? I can't help but to feel this must be a common thing - but maybe not.

EDIT
Resolved. It was the fact that the drop target was sitting below the playfield when down, causing the ball to jump instead of falling into the hole.

Thanks for the help in the thread all.

Just checked and it looks like the drop target might be slightly below the playfeild when it's down, not sure if that would make a difference?

Well, that's what's happening... so is a more vertical bend better or should it be sharply angled forward?