May not be the best way but I have always simply done the hands and knees crawl under the machine. Hunch with back and make adjustment lol. Rinse and repeat till Pinguy (gal) says you are green to go. Many use a stool, cart or other prop but in a pinch its on your knees time!

Yep - the “one armed cat stretch” under the machine and spin the leg leveler with my free hand.

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I use the leg levelers that have a nut that you can turn with a wrench. No reason to lift anything, just turn the wrench.

Wrench for the win

http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/level/

The heavy duty type shown in the link.

Putting a double set of nuts on the end of the shaft (jamb nuts) works the same way.

I am 5-9" what I have done for years is crawl under the game on all fours squarely under the game my head towards the leg or end that needs adjusting. I then go from a crouching position to fully lifting the game by straightening out my arms and legs, then that end of the game lifts up and can be slightly moved, realigned and leveled by spinning the levelers. Also there is a nut below the leg if this nut is spun all the way down , with a open end wrench you can adjust / spin in one direction I forgot if it's up or down. You don't have to be lifting the game. Well that's how I do it.

This/=.

You could get a hydraulic lift from harbor freight tools. It makes moving and lifting pins FAR easier.

P.S. I voted you are a wuss, lol

yup, pretty easy this way.

Get on your knees, lift the pin with left hand spin the leveller with right hand
Thats how my girlfriend does it

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I've done this to all of my machines. It's super cheap, and works like a champ. You don't need washers, but I added them so the wrench doesn't slip.

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I put a stool under the game, either front or back depending on where I want to adjust, then I take a car jack, lift the two legs about a half inch above the ground and turn the feet. If needed this is repeated once or twice.

At the Golden State Pinball Festival we use pry bars to lift the leg off the floor. Then the leveller can be turned by hand.

Of course we're trying to level over 300 games in a short amount of time so we have to be efficient.

You stole my thunder. I dont have any neighbors so this tactic I have used many times. Obviously not the most graceful way but you've gotta do what you gotta do to play some pinball.

I prop mine up on a pinball cart and adjust then lower repeating if necessary

Another tip, when leveling a game, to get the correct factory intended slope, position your level front to back on the bottom of the cabinet. If the bottom of the cabinet is level front to back, the game is sloped the way it was intended by the factory.

Hmmm never heard of that. Seems like the only way to correctly level a playfield is to level From the playfield. Cabinets can be completely different and holes very random. The playfield level/pitch is generally the only variable that matters in game play.

Pry bar, small block of wood from 2x4 and adjustable wrench .

Loosen lock nut w/ wrench
Place block near leg
Put pry bar under bottom of leg, on top of wood block
Push down pry bar, spin the leveler with other hand
Check and adjust, re tighten lock nut

Don C