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What are the culprits for when a rebuilt flipper absorbs too much of the impact of the ball (making bounce passes difficult)?
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Quoted from vid1900:Probably either the wrong coil stops, or more likely, the old coil stops were rather worn and the new ones, although correct, offer much different play.
Can you explain this a bit more in detail? I'm not sure I see why that would make a difference since the coil stop only comes into play at end of a flipper stroke.
I'm talking about the flippers being at rest, and having too much play when struck by a ball.
Quoted from vid1900:Sorry, I did not understand the question.
Unless some coil bracket or linkage is worn/loose, then I'd go with Razorbak's worn bushing.
Sorry, I should have said that - I did the bushing when rebuilding everything else. Honestly, I might re-do the bushings.
I did also use the spacer tool, to make sure there was a small gap between the bat and the bushing. But let's say I didn't do that correctly - could that be a cause?
What about old, worn bats? Maybe the shaft of the bat being worn? Might just order new bats. 
Quoted from vid1900:Could be the wrong bushings or wrong bats maybe?
Wow - for some reason that never occurred to me, I was thinking all bats were created equally. These are actually aftermarket "chrome" bats, put in by the previous owner. I'll order some new bats and report back.
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Quoted from Elicash:Hi guys. Noob owner of a White Water here. Question on the flippers:
Strength of all 3 is good
Position when at rest look good (aligned nicely with return lane)
My issue is when I fire the flippers, the right bat does not have as high of a stroke as the left bat
How do I correct this? Again, brand new here. So thanks for the help.
You could also have mismatched links on the plungers (as I just discovered was the case on my Judge Dredd).
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