Flipper rebuild step 13: set flipper travel to 2 3/8 inch

Steps

• Measure the travel at the centre of the bat tip from rest to full stroke: it should be 2 3/8 inch.
• Too little travel (usually the wrong plunger/link or coil stop) makes the game play wrong. Too much usually means worn parts.
• To add travel, bend the rest link stop bracket slightly with channel-lock pliers and re-measure.
• Then reset the pawl on the shaft and repeat the alignment checks.

Systems

• WPC Alpha-Numeric
• WPC Dot Matrix
• WPC Fliptronics
• WPC DCS
• WPC-Security (WPC-S)
• WPC-95

Related tips

• Flipper rebuild step 1: remove and check the coil stop
• Flipper rebuild step 5: replace the nylon playfield bushings
• Flipper rebuild step 2-4: pawl off, check bracket and rubber stop
• Flipper rebuild step 6: pawl, plunger, link and bushing
• Flipper rebuild step 7: renew the pawl's heat shrink
• Flipper rebuild steps 8-9: correct coil, new sleeve, reassemble
• Why flippers get weak and how rebuilding helps
• Coil sleeves and flipper rebuild spares

Source: Repairing Williams/Bally WPC Pinball Games from 1990 to 1999, Part Three, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)