(Topic ID: 289387)

Weak flipper on hold

By Plancton

3 years ago



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#1 3 years ago

Hi everybody,

The right flipper on my Harlem became weak on hold after adding a new solenoid board (ultimate), a new MPU (ultimate) a new rectifier board, a new flipper assembly and a new button switch.
So I replaced the new coil by the old one, the coil stop, even the base plate of the flipper assembly (I noticed that the manufacturing precision of the new one was not as good as the original so it might affect the angle of the stop.).
Everything is else is working on this machine. I’m stuck. I have no idea what to try now. Could someone please suggest the next step ?

#2 3 years ago

Machines of this era do not have the flippers controlled by transistors/MOSFETS. Your problem is not likely to have anything to do with the new PCBs you have installed.

They are supplied a voltage via the relay on the solenoid driver board when the game is active. After that, the voltage travels via an under playfield fuse to the flipper EOS (End Of Stroke) switches and flipper buttons to the flipper coils.

Your problem can only be coils/flipper button switches/EOS switches or mechanical.

You say "weak on hold"? What do you mean by "weak" - the flipper won't stay in the upright position when it should be holding? Something else?

Perhaps the adjustment of the EOS was disturbed when you dismantled the flipper assembly? It's pretty critical in this era of machines as well as needing to be clean.

#3 3 years ago

Thank you for your quick help. The right flipper hold but when a relatively fast ball strikes it, it is pulled back and then hold again. The left ones are clearly much stronger, a ball with similar speed has no effect on them, they hold strong.
The whole right flipper assembly is new, including EOS. The button parts and its switch are new and I cleaned this machine for hours.

#4 3 years ago

(By “hold” I mean stay in upright position)

#5 3 years ago

I double checked the button switch and the EOS switch, they are new correctly adjusted, I bought the special leaf tools to adjust my switches.

#6 3 years ago

How much gap are you running in your EOS switch?

#7 3 years ago

Oh you found it! The gap was wrong. The force of the bent leafs were pushing back the flipper. Thank you very much. Have a nice weekend.

#8 3 years ago
Quoted from Plancton:

Oh you found it! The gap was wrong. The force of the bent leafs were pushing back the flipper. Thank you very much. Have a nice weekend.

Glad you got it working, cheers.

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