Livening up the top arch rebound rubber

Steps

• Remove the round rebound rubber at the top of the ball arch.
• Stretch a red mini-flipper rubber over it (black ones are too hard).
• Refit. The plunged ball now bounces off it more lively, and the cover is easy to clean or replace.

Systems

• Electro-mechanical

Related tips

• Use white rubber on EM games
• Dead bounce off the top-arch rebound rubber
• Cleaning lightly soiled playfield rubber
• Gottlieb EM rubber part numbers and sizes
• Order a game-specific ring kit in white rubber

Source: Repairing Electro-Mechanical (EM) Coin Operated Games to 1978, Part Two, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)