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Vid's GUIDE To Rebuilding Pop Bumpers

By vid1900

11 years ago

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Post #183 Bally 80’s pop bumper rebuild Posted by vid1900 (9 years ago)

Post #407 Recommendation for stapler Posted by vid1900 (7 years ago)

Post #536 Link to a great video for people who are new to pop bumpers. Posted by Axl (5 years ago)

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Yes this is scary. I'm a beginner here. But this is the best guide I've seen so far, thank you so much, the labelled photos are a tremendous help!

My only problem (right now) on my 1971 Gulfstream is two chipped skirts. The game runs great, despite that. But I'm afraid I'll find more issues once I take the pop bumpers apart.

I ordered new skirts and rebuild kits from PBR. My sockets are #44/47 style. The rebuild kits don't include the ring/rod or new sockets (which seem to be out of stock) and I guess I need to get new spoons too? Isn't the spoon attached to the top switch (how?) and so maybe I'm missing something here...admittedly I only read the first three pages of this thread...

Can I use elbow grease and polish the ring/rod with car chrome polish? I don't have a machine.
Is it necessary to remove the whole bracket underneath? (I'm a little nervous about soldering/desoldering although I did it once a while back.)

Also, I'm a female, a senior, and I find the whole playfield way too heavy to lift, even a couple of inches to slide/lean it on the backbox. But it seems the sawhorse method would be easier for me if I got some help moving it. But then I'd need to turn it over each time I need to work on top/bottom...trying to figure out the best way to approach this...any and all suggestions are welcome!

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Just like fixing a motorcar, you always find more things that need repairing

Your old spoon, ring/rod, socket, might still be good, you'll have to look at it.

You can polish by hand with Fritz, as long as it's not too corroded
You can use a Dremel and green compound too (if you have one)
To get the skirt out, you probably have to solder

You might go to the next pinball league meetup in your town, and see if you can con someone into helping you out

Thanks so much!!

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