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Post #1 Vid is a whiz at pinball repair, and this thread is full of times on Flipper optimization. The first post has a table of contents for the thread, but now with Keyposts pinside feature, I'm going through marking key posts. Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #6 Get the right EOS switch Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #8 Make System 11 Flippers Feel Tight Like Fliptronic Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #41 How to use Digital multi Meter (DMM) and logic probes to test circuits and electronic components. Posted by terryb (11 years ago)

Post #88 Replace Old Series Coils With New Parallel Coils Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #140 Udate Old Solid State Flippers Into Fliptronic Style Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #292 List of games with longer/shorter flipper travel Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

Post #294 Rebuilding 1967-1979 Flippers Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

Post #390 Coil stop differences between system 11 and Fliptronic Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

Post #520 Rebuilding Bally Linear Flippers Posted by vid1900 (9 years ago)

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Hi
When we are dealing with new Stern models, Is there a number of plays when the flippers start to get weak and worn out and would be better to rebuilt the flipper kit?
I have a spike 2 Iron Maiden but I’m not the 1st owner, so don’t know how it was like playing with the mechanism like new.
So don’t have a clue about the weakness of the flippers during the game. It is playing well but maybe it would be better and easier to get some shots with strong flippers
Like with a car, there are several parts with so much use that we must change before it stars to not work properly, from x miles to x miles.
All the best!

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Quoted from vid1900:
You could look in the audits and see how many flips have been fired if it were on location.
If it came from a home use environment, you've got many years to go (unless gold dust is falling from a bad batch of coil stops, lol)

Yes, gold dust from the coil stop was the first sign that I noticed that maybe there were lots of games.
Then I changed coil stops and solve the issue.
Btw, what do you think about this audits? Time to rebuilt the flipper kit?
Thank you for your time.

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VID's Guide to Upgrading/Rebuilding Flippers

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11 years ago

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