flipper

Hello, I’ve had a recurring issue with my Gottlieb Royal Guard (1968) whereby the set screws on the left flipper quickly loosen themselves, so the flipper “drops” from its intended position and eventually becomes useless. This is happening quicker and quicker as time goes on. Upon disassembly...

I was opening up the machine to troubleshoot a flipper issue, and as I raised the playfield I heard the soft thump of something fallling in the cab. Thinking I had removed one too few pinballs, I blithely carried on looking at the flipper, which looked like it had a weak spring. Then I realised...

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Hello wise people, I've recently rebuilt all 3 flippers on my SpiderMan, using the correct parts & the bottom 2 flippers are fine. However, when changing the top right flipper coil sleeve it was really tight getting it out and a new one in there, as if the coil itself has warped the plastic...

My right flipper is a touch lower than the left - see image attached. It's clearly a bit low and angles down from where that small alignment hole is and indeed not quite inline with the inlane guide (the image doesn't demonstrate this that well) How easy it is to adjust this myself? Any...

Hey all, Hope everyone is well! Myself and Kelauce are new to the forum after picking up an awesome SS from Shaunyboy - thanks! We've since picked up an MM via the forum which is a beauty but needed it's flippers fixing, and we could do with a bit of advice please. We removed the right...

Hi, I have a sticky flipper on my Williams Barracora. At first cursory inspection it seems the piston is getting slightly stuck in the coil and doesn't move in and out freely. No sign of overheating. My first thought is to replace the coil sleeve. My question is: are all coil sleeves the same...