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<blockquote data-quote="dtown8532" data-source="post: 72845" data-attributes="member: 320"><p>Yes, your flipper bats are attached to rods. If you look at one of your flipper assemblies we'll start with the coil which is the round spool of wire wrapped around a plastic cylinder. Inside the cylinder is a plastic sleeve the metal plunger moves in and out of. Electricity magnetizes the coil which pulls the plunger into it till it hits the metal coil stop. When this happens the motion also moves the EOS (End of Stroke) switch. Manually move the plunger and look at the leaf switches which are next to the assembly. Watch the movement in them. They're little dots on the end of some of them that make and break contact with one another. These are called switch contacts. Now, moving up the plunger, you'll see it attached to a hinge. That's a linkage. Like I said before, a little play is OK as long as its not causing a problem when playing the table. Move just beyond the hinge or linkage and you'll see where the flipper rod is attached to.</p><p></p><p>Don't worry about the plate for your stand up targets. Some of mine are the correct height, some are bend forward towards the back of the target and one was white which I removed and painted it red to match. What you should do is, once you clean them, cut some small pieces of self adhesive weather stripping and apply to the back of each. These six targets take A LOT of beating and this will minimize impact. Some pinball places sell fancy ones but weather stripping you buy at Home Depot or Lowes is just fine. Here's a pic of mine which I finished today. For the plates that are bent forward I just applied them to the back of the target. I also had to re-glue the stickers since they came off and aftermarket one's are CRAZY expensive. You can also see that I cleaned a little behind the left bank. Big difference from the right, eh? And that's just one coat of Novus 2.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://postimg.org/image/uk4sbxkrx/full/" target="_blank"><img src="http://s22.postimg.org/iv0snyttd/photo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank">image hosting no account</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtown8532, post: 72845, member: 320"] Yes, your flipper bats are attached to rods. If you look at one of your flipper assemblies we'll start with the coil which is the round spool of wire wrapped around a plastic cylinder. Inside the cylinder is a plastic sleeve the metal plunger moves in and out of. Electricity magnetizes the coil which pulls the plunger into it till it hits the metal coil stop. When this happens the motion also moves the EOS (End of Stroke) switch. Manually move the plunger and look at the leaf switches which are next to the assembly. Watch the movement in them. They're little dots on the end of some of them that make and break contact with one another. These are called switch contacts. Now, moving up the plunger, you'll see it attached to a hinge. That's a linkage. Like I said before, a little play is OK as long as its not causing a problem when playing the table. Move just beyond the hinge or linkage and you'll see where the flipper rod is attached to. Don't worry about the plate for your stand up targets. Some of mine are the correct height, some are bend forward towards the back of the target and one was white which I removed and painted it red to match. What you should do is, once you clean them, cut some small pieces of self adhesive weather stripping and apply to the back of each. These six targets take A LOT of beating and this will minimize impact. Some pinball places sell fancy ones but weather stripping you buy at Home Depot or Lowes is just fine. Here's a pic of mine which I finished today. For the plates that are bent forward I just applied them to the back of the target. I also had to re-glue the stickers since they came off and aftermarket one's are CRAZY expensive. You can also see that I cleaned a little behind the left bank. Big difference from the right, eh? And that's just one coat of Novus 2. [url=http://postimg.org/image/uk4sbxkrx/full/][img]http://s22.postimg.org/iv0snyttd/photo.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://postimage.org/]image hosting no account[/url] [/QUOTE]
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