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Offline JRK1971

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Stern Meteor Flipper parts - where to buy
« on: November 15, 2011, 12:01:09 AM »
Hi guys,
Im still working through cleaning up the meteor. Just had to drill through the LHS flipper crank? !!! (pic attached) to get the flipper shaft out. Needless to say, I need to replace the crank and the flipper shaft. While im at it, i need to replace the flipper bats (I'll do all three).

My question is....
Is there an australian supplier that can supply these parts, I want to get the machine finished before christmas so I don't think the US is an option.

Thanks... John



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Re: Stern Meteor Flipper parts - where to buy
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2011, 08:42:46 AM »
I'd drop Greg at www.rtbb.com.au a line, but if no luck Terry at Pinball Life has them from the look of it and I suspect you'd have them in a week or so http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=53&pg=1

 
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Re: Stern Meteor Flipper parts - where to buy
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2011, 09:39:04 AM »
I'd drop Greg at www.rtbb.com.au a line, but if no luck Terry at Pinball Life has them from the look of it and I suspect you'd have them in a week or so http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=53&pg=1

 

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Re: Stern Meteor Flipper parts - where to buy
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2011, 10:58:34 AM »
As stated Pinball Life sells parts and complete assemblies and ususally has super quick postage!

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2411&parent=0

Has all the bits, except flipper bats.

If you luck out let me know and I will sort you out!

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Re: Stern Meteor Flipper parts - where to buy
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2011, 11:10:07 AM »
As stated Pinball Life sells parts and complete assemblies and ususally has super quick postage!

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2411&parent=0

Has all the bits, except flipper bats.

If you luck out let me know and I will sort you out!

cheers
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Thaks for info guys, I chased up Terry at Pinball Life and was going to order these parts...
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2363&parent=53&is_print_version=true
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2364&parent=53

plus http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=269&parent=59&is_print_version=true

Problem is terry said these (Classic Stern Plunger, Link, And Crank Assembly) are for Stern after Meteor. I thought they would work. Anybody used these in the earlier machines.  If this doesn't work, I'll just run a tap through the old crank assembly and buy some bats from RTBB.

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Re: Stern Meteor Flipper parts - where to buy
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2011, 08:35:39 PM »
They look different, but will work fine!  Even the flipper bats would probably work, but are the wrong shape (Williams shape).  Buy some Bally flipper bats - they will work, but the grub screws will not match up with the groove, so unless you make a new groove in the right place, it can be hard to get the cranks off if you ever need to.

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Re: Stern Meteor Flipper parts - where to buy
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2011, 03:00:26 PM »
Thanks for all the advice guys.
I Have ordered the spares from Macro Specialties in the US.  $#$

I'll have to post a couple of pics once the machine us up and running again. Amusingly I bought this machine as a rebuilt one on ebay, guess everyones idea of rebuilt is different. @.@