This TSPP is KILLING ME - LEFT flipper issue ( mechanical ) - out of ideas

[Wotto]

Hey all

NEVER do I recall being SO ANGRY with a machine.

So the ‘latest’ issue with my TSPP relates to the lower left flipper.



The nylon linkage broke last Sunday ( that was in the 1st game played  immediately after I fixed the upper PF left flipper too ! ) ……..so I purchased some new plungers/ linkages……now bear in mind that this lower left flipper has NEVER had a problem with the flipper shaft not properly gripping into the clamp to hold the flipper in place.

My issue now……. the flipper shaft is not properly gripping into the clamp to hold the flipper in place!

I have had the clamp section slightly loose around the shaft so that when the screw turns in it MIGHT pull it tight and ‘clamp it on’ – FAIL!......1st flip , the flipper swings upwards and stays there

I have adjusted the gap in the clamp section that the flipper shaft goes through is so tight ( without the screw even in place ) that you nearly need a hammer to ram the flipper shaft in through it, I thought ‘that’ll do it’ – FAIL !...... 1st flip , the flipper swings upwards and stays there.

I have removed the flipper and filed the shaft slightly to give it a bit more ‘bite’…..repeated the above 2 methods……– FAIL !...... 1st flip , the flipper swings upwards and stays there.

Apart from welding this thing into place I am completely out of ideas, given the fact that this only came about after I simply undid the assembly and installed one new part – IT IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING, considering that EVERY TIME I fix one small thing on this game ( all mainly flipper related ) that ‘something else’ just ‘decides’ it is going to fail.

Has anyone got ANY clue as to what I could do here

[ddstoys]

Shit mate maybe take a small needle file to the inside of the the clamp section to give it some teeth?

[millsy]

Wotto,has the shaft been machined exactly the same as the original or is it smooth all the way on the shaft?

[Wotto]

The flipper (shaft) is the original from the game, as is the clamp.
It was smooth all the way ( and was FINE )  until I pulled it out and put it back in - THATS the crazy bit

[millsy]

How tight was the screw on removal originally ?

[Strangeways]

You are referring to the pawl. The pawl has thread on one side only - not both. I think you are tightening the hex screw into the side of the pawl with the thread. Turn the pawl over, and refit.

A simple test is to remove the pawl and insert the hex head to determine which side has the thread. The side with the thread must face AWAY from the hex head - so you are clamping the flipper shaft.

[Wotto]

Sweet Jesus Nino - is there anything you dont immediately pick up on 
LEGEND.

Now thats damn embarrassing isnt it, so I put the thing on the 'other way around yesterday - hence I built my own grief.
It is difficult to see that ( thread / non-thread in the holes ) to be honest , I am glad U knew of it immediately 

All good - rant over - head hanging in shame 

[Strangeways]

Glad to help mate. Always gives me a "buzz" to hear good news