I love my BM66 - it’s my first and only pin and couldn’t be happier with the choice. Im now realising there’s some maintenance to be done in a few key areas to get the game playing perfectly, it’s already pretty well dialled in, but I want it to be perfect.
Looking for any advice or pointers on the following as there’s some fairly big mechs (the turntable motor in particular) that I need to mess with.
- turntable is nearly flat but not exactly, I’ve tried to level it but it still produces air balls on rebound from Joker and Batphone. The issue seems to be that the platter is not only not level, but not central and this doesn’t look too easy to pull to bits.
- Batcave spinner with the Batmobile on top used to spin freely and always return to centre. Now it stops half way, leaving the posts in the way of the centre shot. It would seem this is deep beneath the main mech, but my question is can it be serviced from the screws at the top? What would one do to make it spin better? I can’t imagine using too much oil / lubricant is the right thing in a pinball machine.
- return from left hand orbit hits the top of the slings 90% of the time, which makes for inconsistent gameplay. I’ve played the BM66 at Pinball republic and this returns to flippers nearly every time. I think I just need to bend the metal guide out ever so slightly, like probably less than a mm would do it - does that sound like a good idea?
- ball launch can be very inconsistent and get snagged at the top of the orbit when going for the left flipper held super skill shot. The ball seems to rattle a bit on launch, the machine at PBR also does this but I’m not sure if it’s set up wrong or if it’s just a BM66 thing. So this is about correct setting of plunger and also any knowledge about that diverter flap / post at the very top centre of the orbit. It looks like if you moved it slightly to make it flush, the lane would be smooth and there would be no snag, but I don’t know if this is something that can be done.
One last thing - I’ve heard this phrase “juicing spinners” what do you use on the spinner to get it to move super freely?
Thanks in advance for any advice on any of these things. As I’m getting more into pinball, playing better and learning more, the importance of a well set up game is more apparent.
