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Arcade Collecting => Pinball => Topic started by: Neverending Project on March 02, 2010, 04:44:15 pm
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One of my slingshot kicker solonoids fires rapidly for about 5 seconds after the ball hits the bumper to trigger it. I am guessing it is a problem where the rubber is triggering the switch when the kicker returns to its resting position. But the switches seem to have a decently sized gap when the rubber is at rest.
What might this be? Is there a capacitor on the switch leads to slow the response that might be bad? It is a new rubber ring - could it be too loose?
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Sounds like your rubber may actually be too tight. Just gap the switches a little bit more and you'll be good to go.
I had this same issue with my Taxi after a shop job and this was the cure.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. What about a flipper coil that sticks in the energized position until you hit the flipper button a few times? I'm fairly sure it's not mechanically stuck, as there is no friction when I move it to the extremes. And the eos switch is opening when the pawl pushes it.
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I totally thought this would be a sling shot machine gun video on youtube, started to get pissed when I figured out it was pinball related & then realized I was in the pinball section
FML
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A friend had the exact same issue on his MotorDome pin. I fixed it by adjusting the switch gap and cleaning the contacts.
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Adjusting the gap on the switches seems to have done the trick. The flippers haven't stuck since, so I have yet to dig deeper into that issue. Thanks!
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A friend had the exact same issue on his MotorDome pin. I fixed it by adjusting the switch gap and cleaning the contacts.
Cleaning the contacts accomplished nothing. The problem was too much contact, not lack of contact. ;)
Glad to hear it's working out for you, Neverending.
Probably not, but if you are already there one more simple maintenance step is just good practice. Yeah, how dare I clean contacts. That was soooooo stupid... ::)