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VID's Guide to Upgrading/Rebuilding Flippers

By vid1900

11 years ago


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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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#1198 8 years ago
 
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I have Whirlwind and the left flipper lost power and times gets stuck or barely fires. I don't know where to start or what to look for. The pin was recently rebuilt if that means anything (not by me). The switch test came up with nothing. Is there something easy I'm missing before I spend a fortune trying to fix it? Any other pics I need to make to help I can. The flipper is squeaky and the last pic shows where it goes fully up from underneath. Signed newbie.

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#1200 8 years ago
 
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Can't get it to be stuck again. It is working but not with full power.

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#1210 8 years ago
 
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OP
Quoted from vid1900:

Let's start with that.
When the flipper gets stuck, immediately reach down and flip the power switch off.
Does the flipper stay stuck?

Can't get it to be stuck again. It is working but not with full power.

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#1226 8 years ago
 
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Quoted from vid1900:

Let's start with that.
When the flipper gets stuck, immediately reach down and flip the power switch off.
Does the flipper stay stuck?

Can't get it to be stuck again. It is working but not with full power.

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#1708 7 years ago
 
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Any help that you can provide VID would be great.

I can't figure out what to do with my ST LE. My 3rd right flipper stays stuck up.
1. Replaced Coil Stop
2. Replaced sleeve
3. Replaced plunger
Turning game off the flipper stays stuck up.
I tried spacing and I've pushed it as far down as it can go to the play field and can still fit credit card underneath easily.
I went to this thread but nothing is working. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/right-flipper-sticking-stern-acdc#post-1291857

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#1712 7 years ago
 
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Quoted from vid1900:

The coil stop is probably not square to the plunger.
If it's been like for a while, it might now be worn that way.
Put a new plunger, sleeve and coil stop.

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#1713 7 years ago
 
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Quoted from vid1900:

If you manually move the flipper through it's range of motion, is it totally smooth?

yes it is smooth. sometimes it stay stuck like it on a weak magnet feel.

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#2102 5 years ago
 
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I am still a true beginner here. Any help greatly appreciated. My WW left flipper has no strength when activated. The flippers doesnt separate the eos really by the coil. It moves ok by hand. What should me next steps be?

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#2111 5 years ago
 
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Quoted from vid1900:

That EOS switch looks terrible.
File it to clean metal and set it so when the coil is plunged, you have an 1/8" gap.
(The EOS looks like it's getting thin anyway, if it were mine, I'd rebuild the entire flipper, get rid of that compression spring, replace EOS with fresh...)
Your cab switch looks pretty close to EOL, so you might replace that too.
The reasoning is that you've got a $2k machine, it makes sense to put $40 into it and make the game play better than new.

Thank you. Get rid of compression spring and replace it with what?

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#2122 5 years ago
 
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Quoted from vid1900:

That EOS switch looks terrible.
File it to clean metal and set it so when the coil is plunged, you have an 1/8" gap.
(The EOS looks like it's getting thin anyway, if it were mine, I'd rebuild the entire flipper, get rid of that compression spring, replace EOS with fresh...)
Your cab switch looks pretty close to EOL, so you might replace that too.
The reasoning is that you've got a $2k machine, it makes sense to put $40 into it and make the game play better than new.

Thank you. I filed it down as a temp fix. I noticed one wore has been disconnected. I cannot tell from the manual wher either goes. If I touch it to the right side of the assembly the flipper kicks the other 2 spots or does not move very well at all. Can I do any damage by soldering it in the wrong spot?

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