X-Men (Pro)
Stern, 2012Hey guys, my x-men auto-plunge doesn't make the ball into the playfield quite a bit of the time. However, once in a while it does make it, very easily even.
The game is really clean and I examined the mech and it looks ok, I would say it's software other than that doesn't make sense. Unless it's trying to gauge how to soft plunge it for a third flipper shot, but if that's the case it both surprises me and is implemented poorly.
Any advice?
-ben
It seems this is a common problem with the Stern autolauncher. I don't know if X-men uses the same mech but here are some threads for weak ACDC autolaunchers.
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-pro-ball-plunger-getting-weak
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-auto-plunger-is-starting-to-get-weak
Just was reading this yesterday..
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-auto-plunger-is-starting-to-get-weak
Well, I managed to get rid of a lot of the play in the mech, and it improved it slightly. But in the process I noticed my plunger is actually really off center, so much so that sometimes the auto plunger fork thing touches the rubber. Not sure how hard that thing is to remount... I'll look into it later.
-ben
Ben, the rubbing against the plunger tip is what was slowing mine down. It was quick and easy to fix. Raise the playfield, looses the plunger screws that hold the plate to the inside of the front panel, reposition and tighten. Easy fix and it's never re-appeared.
Marc
Quoted from monsterbaldy:Well, I managed to get rid of a lot of the play in the mech, and it improved it slightly. But in the process I noticed my plunger is actually really off center, so much so that sometimes the auto plunger fork thing touches the rubber. Not sure how hard that thing is to remount... I'll look into it later.
-ben
I have owned six NIB pins and on four of them the plunger was far enough off center that I had to correct. I mean I was the first person to play since it left the factory. It's the first thing I check.
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