Best.
Post.
Ever.

Just finished rebuilding/upgrading my Whirlwind flippers using vid1900's instructions.
Amazingly easy. The instructions were perfect.

Vid1900 - I owe you a beer.

Side note:
I didn't have a flipper gap tool and instead used vid1900's credit card trick to space the flipper from the brushing.
Worked perfectly.
Added bonus - I used my wife's credit card.

But of course.
Had to make sure it fit right

I picked up my rebuild kit from Marco (normally I shop with pinball life but i had to get a few things that only Marco were carrying at the time).

I ran into one issue with their kit.
When i was tightening down the bolt through the clamp that bites the flipper shaft, the bolt snapped.
I was livid and had to disassemble the old flipper plunger assembly and piece the new one back together.
It worked out in the end, but the metal bolts are weak. They should definitely use a stronger metal bolt – especially since you need to tighten it down enough to bend the metal clamp so it really bites into the flipper shaft.