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Offline 48

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plunger wear
« on: September 13, 2010, 07:18:09 PM »
I guess I haven't seen as much as many on this forum, but thought I would share a couple of pics of the wear on the flipper plunger from my Gorgar machine.
It certainly suprised me, some people won't maintain anything....
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Re: plunger wear
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2010, 07:51:32 PM »
Wow! I have never seen that much wear before! Must be the original shaft from 1980.
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Offline ddstoys

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Re: plunger wear
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2010, 08:14:52 PM »
Plus 1.  Even the plunger  from my 1955 pinball were way better than that.
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Offline MartyJ

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Re: plunger wear
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2010, 09:03:29 PM »
Goes to show just how popular Gorgar was back in the day and still is!

Once you rebuild them it will make a huge difference!

I once had a plunger / link assembly carved (whittled) out of wood!.  They did a great job, but I had to replace it.
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Re: plunger wear
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 09:47:48 PM »
Well at least now I know why I had trouble hitting the ball more than half way up the playfield!
I didn't know how common that sort of wear is.
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Re: plunger wear
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 09:48:19 PM »

Thats probably the worst I've seen in a while  :D
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Re: plunger wear
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 10:48:39 PM »
Great pics - that is what I call a workout!
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