Gottlieb System 80 pin - kickers switches are arcing & kickers are 'repeating'
OK, I just found an odd issue with the kickers on my Striker pinball (all are affected, the upper right is the worst).
When the ball (or your finger if testing) hits the switch for the kicker, you can see the switch arc, and see and hear the kicker fire. But in fact it almost always actually fires repeatedly (sort of a 'bang bang bang' very rapidly).
Now this wouldn't be a big deal except that said kicker's firing also toggles another leaf switch, which not only gives points, but changes the thing to shoot for from left to right. With it rapid-firing, you simply can't play properly because even when you make the shot properly, you don't know how many times it will fire, so the left/right thing ends up random.
I don't know how wide those kicker switches should be set, but these look much wider than any others that I've noticed in the machine before.
Is this due to build-up of crap on the contacts? Can I clean them, or do I need to replace the switches?
Thanks for any light that anyone can shed.
OK, I just found an odd issue with the kickers on my Striker pinball (all are affected, the upper right is the worst).
When the ball (or your finger if testing) hits the switch for the kicker, you can see the switch arc, and see and hear the kicker fire. But in fact it almost always actually fires repeatedly (sort of a 'bang bang bang' very rapidly).
Now this wouldn't be a big deal except that said kicker's firing also toggles another leaf switch, which not only gives points, but changes the thing to shoot for from left to right. With it rapid-firing, you simply can't play properly because even when you make the shot properly, you don't know how many times it will fire, so the left/right thing ends up random.
I don't know how wide those kicker switches should be set, but these look much wider than any others that I've noticed in the machine before.
Is this due to build-up of crap on the contacts? Can I clean them, or do I need to replace the switches?
Thanks for any light that anyone can shed.

