pinballcreature Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) . Edited February 27, 2021 by pinballcreature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vid1900 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers - - - Updated - - - Read the above guide carefully. You want to get rid of your conical springs, and update to modern extension springs. You also want the EOS Switch with the "helper leaf spring" on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinballcreature Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) . Edited February 27, 2021 by pinballcreature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autosteve Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Vid....The flipper mech guru. Love your work sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetaste Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers - - - Updated - - - Read the above guide carefully. You want to get rid of your conical springs, and update to modern extension springs. You also want the EOS Switch with the "helper leaf spring" on it. Great to see you on here, vid, i’ve always enjoyed yr how to threads on pinside, and point new pinheads towards them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapmaster Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 https://www.pinballlife.com/full-flipper-assembly-for-williamsbally-machines-from-031987-to-111991.html Get some of these. Sorted. aka George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vid1900 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 https://www.pinballlife.com/full-flipper-assembly-for-williamsbally-machines-from-031987-to-111991.html Get some of these. No! That's exactly what we DON'T want. We don't want those conical springs that always break and tear up the plunger/pawl. Williams got rid of those springs for that reason. We want to update the mech to the Williams EXTENSION springs, we want the 12111 Coil Stop (so we have the correct flipper travel), and we want the 03-7811 EOS https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autosteve Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 No! That's exactly what we DON'T want. We don't want those conical springs that always break and tear up the plunger/pawl. Williams got rid of those springs for that reason. We want to update the mech to the Williams EXTENSION springs, we want the 12111 Coil Stop (so we have the correct flipper travel), and we want the 03-7811 EOS https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers I remember reading the Williams press release explaining exactly that about why they went from conical springs to extension springs. The conicals were a bad idea usually resulting in deformed springs if not broken springs in a short time. I took this idea of extension springs further and use them on all Bally SS flipper mechs on original SS mechs and ones I convert from Bally's other horrible idea, the linear flipper mech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopchop Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Im doing a flipper rebuild on a Snow Queen, and of course managed to break the roll pins when removing them from the flipper pawl. Anyone know where in Australia to get more and exactly what size? As far as I can measure they are 1.3 x 4mm diameter (1 x 1/5 inch). thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfclark Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 The fact that @vid1900 gets tagged as a newbie by the AA software always cracks me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetaste Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Im doing a flipper rebuild on a Snow Queen, and of course managed to break the roll pins when removing them from the flipper pawl. Anyone know where in Australia to get more and exactly what size? As far as I can measure they are 1.3 x 4mm diameter (1 x 1/5 inch). thanks. I think you need to get Imperial sizing, I bought a heap from Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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