(Topic ID: 239970)

WOZ ball stuck on rollover switch under winged monkey

By harryhoudini

5 years ago



Topic Stats

You

Linked Games

Topic Gallery

View topic image gallery

switchadjust (resized).JPG
#1 5 years ago

Almost directly under the winged monkey on the main playfield there is a roll over switch (I assume for the orbit) and the ball keeps getting stuck there. If coming up from the left side (through the pops) and it doesn't have enough speed it will get stuck or even with a decent amount of speed from the right side can still get the ball to stop there. Can't wiggle it out either, even a good amount of force and pushing back and forth won't give it enough to get past the switch. Is this just a common "bend the wire" kind of manual manipulation that needs to happen or is there something special to fix there?

#2 5 years ago

Yep, bend the wire.

#3 5 years ago

Bend the wire. BUT think about it and know what you want to accomplish.

Easiest is turn game off. Lean playfield up and back. Remove the switch bracket, and adjust out of the game.

It might take a couple tries to get it so the ball pushes it down, doesn't stick, yet still trigger the switch.

Be careful you don't mess up the flat part of the arm that pushes the tiny knob into the switch body. You F that up and you'll never get it right.

See my picture, adjust where the two black arrows are, to the direction the white arrow is pointing.

LTG : )

switchadjust (resized).JPGswitchadjust (resized).JPG
#4 5 years ago
Quoted from LTG:

Bend the wire. BUT think about it and know what you want to accomplish.
Easiest is turn game off. Lean playfield up and back. Remove the switch bracket, and adjust out of the game.
It might take a couple tries to get it so the ball pushes it down, doesn't stick, yet still trigger the switch.
Be careful you don't mess up the flat part of the arm that pushes the tiny knob into the switch body. You F that up and you'll never get it right.
See my picture, adjust where the two black arrows are, to the direction the white arrow is pointing.
LTG : )
[quoted image]

Excellent detail! Thanks!

#5 5 years ago
Quoted from harryhoudini:

Excellent detail! Thanks!

question is, you have 4 games and never have had to adjust a switch wire yet?

#6 5 years ago
Quoted from ccbiggsoo7:

question is, you have 4 games and never have had to adjust a switch wire yet?

Ha, I have but it was hard to see what is under there and the ball is getting really stuck all of a sudden (I don't recall this happening in the past) so I thought maybe there was something unique about this area. I usually end up getting the game all apart and find out that there isn't any problem I can see or can't determine what it is so asking first makes that a lot easier.

Promoted items from Pinside Marketplace and Pinside Shops!
$ 40.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Pinball Mod Co.
 
$ 45.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Pinball Mod Co.
 
11,000 (OBO)
Machine - For Sale
Burlingame, CA
$ 159.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Pixels Arcade Games
 
From: $ 54.00
$ 91.00
From: $ 55.00
Gameroom - Decorations
Pinball Photos LLC
 
10,000 (Firm)
Machine - For Sale
San Jose, CA
$ 50.00
Playfield - Protection
Duke Pinball
 
$ 85.99
Cabinet - Armor And Blades
PinGraffix Pinside Shop
 
$ 30.00
Cabinet - Other
Rocket City Pinball
 
13,000 (OBO)
$ 29.99
Hardware
Classic Game Rooms
 
From: $ 12.99
From: $ 315.00
Lighting - Interactive
Pinball Mod Co.
 
$ 29.00
Cabinet - Other
Filament Printing
 
From: $ 24.00
$ 5.00
$ 69.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Pixels Arcade Games
 
$ 24.75
Flipper Parts
Precision Pinball prod.
 
From: $ 165.00
Lighting - Led
Pinball Mod Co.
 
$ 16.95
Wanted
Machine - Wanted
Stephenson, VA
$ 40.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
The MOD Couple
 
From: $ 64.00
Hey modders!
Your shop name here

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/woz-ball-stuck-on-rollover-switch-under-winged-monkey and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.