Squeaky flipper.

Frax

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Pretty sure my issue here is the contact between the flipper body and the bushing. Already placing an order for both since I was ordering the correct coils anyways and this will be the last completely new part to have completely rebuilt the flipper assemblies.

Question is what can I do for a few days to let my kid play the machine without the flipper being weak and squeaky due to this friction while I wait on the parts to arrive?

Also if anyone has suggestions on how to get a headphone jack or to reduce the sound volume levels *below* what the volume control allows would be great. I don't want to lose sounds but they're driving the wife crazy. I can't just keep plugging and unplugging the molex. :/
 
what game is it ?
normally you should be able to just mount the flipper a bit higher, seems you just assebled everything too thight ??
you need to be able to move the flipper bat a little bit up and down

as for the sound - on wpc95 games you can do this:
http://www.iobium.com/cirqus_voltaire.htm
the sound will be a bit more silent than default also after adding the resistor (I added a pot so I can make more adjustments)
 
Could be. It's a space shuttle. I thought the flipper was supposed to sit on the bushing but id there's supposed to be some up/down play there isn't. That flipper post is locked down tight in the pawl lol. I'll loosen it a bit when I get home. The other one is set the same way and functions normally.
 
Don't use oil or any other lubricant in a pinball machine. 99.9% of all pinball mechanisms are designed to be run dry with no lubricant at all. It only attracts black solenoid dust and ends up gumming things up even worse than before.

Flippers should be adjusted and aligned in the bushings and pawls so that there is a little up-and-down play, about 1/16". This is so they don't bind up.

http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=General#Adjusting_flippers

RussMyers
 
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