To old hands, this will all be obvious. But for those newer on the scene ...
My banzai was a really sad, tired game. Every switch worked, but the game was horribly sluggish. I have been doing a shop log on it, and was quite concerned that it was not really improving. My bk2k is stood next to it and it just played so much better for a fellow system 11 game. But Banzai is now finally transformed and playing properly.
Something like a sluggish slingshot or popper is down to so many factors, just sorting a couple might not make much difference. With my banzai all of the following were done to the slingshots ...
My 3 poppers were also dreadful and are now similarly transformed, without any new parts or cash spent
My banzai was a really sad, tired game. Every switch worked, but the game was horribly sluggish. I have been doing a shop log on it, and was quite concerned that it was not really improving. My bk2k is stood next to it and it just played so much better for a fellow system 11 game. But Banzai is now finally transformed and playing properly.
Something like a sluggish slingshot or popper is down to so many factors, just sorting a couple might not make much difference. With my banzai all of the following were done to the slingshots ...
- New slingshot rubber to be more responsive to balls triggering the switches
- Cleaned the switch contacts with isopropyl alcohol so they triggered more quickly
- Adjusted the switch gaps as the new rubber altered these
- Waxed playfield makes the ball travel faster, so the slingshots in turn react more quickly and are more likely to be triggered during play
- New balls travel faster
- Cleaned solenoid plunger, the oily spring, gunked end stop and solenoid sleeves to sharpen the response, used ipa
- Cleaned kicker pivot (ipa) as this had both moist and dried engine grease and black gunk slowing it down
My 3 poppers were also dreadful and are now similarly transformed, without any new parts or cash spent
