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VID's Guide to Upgrading/Rebuilding Flippers

By vid1900

11 years ago


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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 #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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#1119 8 years ago

I finally got around to looking my flippers. They work OK but I thought them to be a bit weak. The sleeves were very dirty, as expected. The stops mushroomed. The ends of the plungers were damaged, as expected based on the stops. I noticed that the plungers had a flat spot almost the complete length. None of the other flippers on other machines I have rebuilt have this. Is this something unique to Sega machines?

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#1129 8 years ago

I apologize in advance as I'm sure I read this someplace and can't find it. Rebuilt flippers on High Speed. Occasionally, not often, the right flipper hangs in the "up" position. If you hit the flipper button quickly a couple of times it releases. The last time it happened, I let the ball drain, flipper still up, then turned the machine off and it went down. If I remember what was said before, that indicates an electrical issue. What am I looking for to adjust?

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#1138 8 years ago
Quoted from vid1900:

If it's electronic can be determined by a simple test:
Get the flipper stuck.
Immediately turn off power.
If flipper drops, it's electronic.

Good deal. What should we check for?

4 years later
#2389 4 years ago

Sega Lost World, left flipper goes up then comes back down immediately with flipper button pushed in. This continues for a couple of minutes then seems to correct itself. So electronic and not mechanical I assume. Rather than tearing stuff apart and guessing, I thought I would go to the experts.

#2391 4 years ago
Quoted from Da-Shaker:

Check and clean your flipper switches. Sounds like it's losing power. Make sure there is constant contact when pressing the flipper button. I'd also make sure all your solder joints look good, coils and switches . If this doesn't work hopefully someone with better expertise will chime in.

Fixed. Someone changed the flipper button to one that was longer. He had to bend the switches to fit. Replaced it, as I fortunately had extras, straightened out the switches and it now works as it should.

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