More power out of a flipper?

[Smart Bomb]

I am working on a Gladiators pinball machine and the right flipper just isnt as strong as the left flipper. The right coil is brand new as is the sleeve. The arm is clean. The end of stroke switch is qdjusted exact. The right flipper button leaf switch is adjusted exact also. All leaf switches are clean. The assemble itself and its items connected to it are solid and sturdy. The flipper is secured really tight. The ohms of the new flipper coil is 4.9...the manual i believe calls for a 4.7...so i dont think thats an issue. All bases are covered as far as i can see.
*note* the original coil was bad..it was doing the "rapid fire" move when engaged. That is why i replaced it with a new coil, which fixed the rapid fire issue.
So what else can i do or check to give me that stronger "POP" in the flipper?

 

[Cmndr Brain]

I don't know Gladiators but check the usual stuff. Check the connectors for burning or discoloration. That will add resistance and lessen the power.

I assume this is the Gottlieb Sys3 system. I believe there is a flipper sensor board under the playfield. If that's the case, doesn't this game have cpu controlled flippers? If so, there should be a drive transistor to "fire" the flipper coil. Sometimes suspect transistors won't let enough current flow and you get weak coils.

Worth a try.

 

[KenLayton]

Any slop in the linkages? Slop will rob you of mechanical power.

 

[Smart Bomb]

I don't know Gladiators but check the usual stuff. Check the connectors for burning or discoloration. That will add resistance and lessen the power.

I assume this is the Gottlieb Sys3 system. I believe there is a flipper sensor board under the playfield. If that's the case, doesn't this game have cpu controlled flippers? If so, there should be a drive transistor to "fire" the flipper coil. Sometimes suspect transistors won't let enough current flow and you get weak coils.

Worth a try.

It is not the boards underneath the playfield. I swapped positions with them and the right flipper is still weak. Also ita not the busching or flipper arm. I cleaned both extensively.

So to recap its a new coil, flipper arm and bushing is spotless clean, its not the flipper boards, eos is set exact and clean. Everything is as it should be for this flipper and its still not giving the "pop" i need. It has barely enough power to make it up the left ramp. It doesnt flip slow ..it just lacks power

 

[Cmndr Brain]

It is not the boards underneath the playfield. I swapped positions with them and the right flipper is still weak.

Not the flipper sense boards themselves. I believe this game has cpu controlled flippers. It may be a transistor on the driver board or the connector. You'll have to consult the schematics (ipdb.org doesn't have them anymore for me to reference) and find the driver board transistor that controls the flippers and associated connector pin.

 

[calvin12]

the old coil was not connecting on the hold side likely. the coil was probably fine and you had a bad connection. Your current issue is likely physical slop somewhere in the linkages.

 

[calvin12]

So to recap its a new coil, flipper arm and bushing is spotless clean, its not the flipper boards, eos is set exact and clean.

This is an odd statement, there really is no "exact" to set it to.

 

[Smart Bomb]

This is an odd statement, there really is no "exact" to set it to.

Well, im just saying the leaf switches are gapped properly/good enough/its not the problem.