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old style flipper shaft assemblies
« on: February 24, 2013, 09:36:00 AM »
Does anyone have or know where best to try to buy the old style flipper shafts. These are the ones that have the shaft and metal plates shaped like the flipper which slots into the recess underneath the flipper bat. It has one hole to apply a screw to fix it to the flipper bat and a locating pin next to that.

I am looking for both sets of large and small flipper shafts but the larger ones in particular to fit bats I purchased. They do not necessarily have to be new

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Re: old style flipper shaft assemblies
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2013, 09:05:24 PM »
Depending what bats you have try these http://www.rtbb.com.au/catalog/index.php?cPath=218_70&sort=2a&page=2
http://www.pbresource.com/flippers.html
thanks mate but unsure if they'll fit those in my tech thread. I am really keen on finding the 3inch ones but have had no luck
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Re: old style flipper shaft assemblies
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2013, 05:51:23 PM »
Depending what bats you have try these http://www.rtbb.com.au/catalog/index.php?cPath=218_70&sort=2a&page=2
http://www.pbresource.com/flippers.html
thanks mate but unsure if they'll fit those in my tech thread. I am really keen on finding the 3inch ones but have had no luck

If you wanted to use the new molded style you would have to cut a grrove in the shafts for the grub screws.
This is what I will be doing in the future, a lot cheaper than buying shafts and bats separately.

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Re: old style flipper shaft assemblies
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2013, 10:04:42 PM »
Depending what bats you have try these http://www.rtbb.com.au/catalog/index.php?cPath=218_70&sort=2a&page=2
http://www.pbresource.com/flippers.html
thanks mate but unsure if they'll fit those in my tech thread. I am really keen on finding the 3inch ones but have had no luck

If you wanted to use the new molded style you would have to cut a grrove in the shafts for the grub screws.
This is what I will be doing in the future, a lot cheaper than buying shafts and bats separately.
not sure what you mean. Newer shafts slide into a hole in the bats, my bats require like a plate shoe with a hole where a screw attaches the plate/shaft and a locating pin. I'm guessing the grubs you are talking attach the shaft to the paw. Or am I not seeing the right thing?
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Re: old style flipper shaft assemblies
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2013, 11:58:33 PM »
Depending what bats you have try these http://www.rtbb.com.au/catalog/index.php?cPath=218_70&sort=2a&page=2
http://www.pbresource.com/flippers.html
thanks mate but unsure if they'll fit those in my tech thread. I am really keen on finding the 3inch ones but have had no luck

If you wanted to use the new molded style you would have to cut a grrove in the shafts for the grub screws.
This is what I will be doing in the future, a lot cheaper than buying shafts and bats separately.
not sure what you mean. Newer shafts slide into a hole in the bats, my bats require like a plate shoe with a hole where a screw attaches the plate/shaft and a locating pin. I'm guessing the grubs you are talking attach the shaft to the paw. Or am I not seeing the right thing?

Yeah I mean don't use the bats you have bought, keep them as spares.
Buy the complete bad and shaft (molded) flippers and just cut the groove in the shaft the same as the old shafts.
You will still have to find shafts for the small 2" flippers or maybe repair your old ones.

http://www.rtbb.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2278&osCsid=08e13f0db91f27159a5b27b44767497a