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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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#1317 8 years ago

Just a little Public Service Announcement for anyone who might be reading through this and contemplating whether or not to rebuild the flippers on a game they have...

I have rebuilt the flippers on both of my tables (1976 Williams Space Odyssey and 1980 Stern Flight 2000). One of my good friends got his hands on a 1978 Williams Lucky Seven last year and I kept trying to convince him to buy a flipper rebuild kit for it. Finally, he ordered one last week. I went over last night and did the work for him.

You should have seen his face once we were done and he played a couple games with his new flippers in place. That slow, loopy gameplay was gone. Instead, the ball was going everywhere and the whole table played at a much faster pace. He was shocked at what a huge difference it made. We hit his spinner with some silicone lubricant and that thing was absolutely singing afterward with the new ball speeds going.

If you own an older table and haven't done this, give it a try. You will NOT be disappointed! Best $50.00 you can spend.

Thanks Vid, as always for these great guides!

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