FYI: How I fixed my pin's cupped/sagging inserts

So I got a call from an older gentleman I go to church with and he
asks me if I wanted his broken pinball machine (or he was taking it to
the dump) so of course I say yes. When I got to his house I see it's
an Gottlieb 1969 MIBS of which he said was playing one day and dead
the next. We load it up and I travel 5 miles back to my house, unload
it, plug it in and it fires right up (a tilt switch was stuck "on").
After playing numerous games I kept noticing that the ball would
actually come to rest on a number of inserts due to their "sagging" so
I set out to fix the problem. After much research on the subject I
formulated my own procedure (borrowed numerous techniques from others)
and here is how I did it (use the following info at your own risk):

Items required:

Heat Gun or really good hair dryer
Hammer (rubber)
a socket (5/8'' maybe) roughly the diameter of the insert
A sawed off piece of wooden dowel rod (bought mine at Wal Mart)
a tube of good adhesive

I can't stress the importance of taking your time and be very
observant during this whole process or you will could end up with a
pile of melted inserts.

1. From the bottom of the playfield, heat up the insert and wood that
it's glued to just enough to help loosen up the old glue so it comes
out in one piece.
2. Insert the socket into the hole and against the insert and tap
softly, my socket was a nice snug fit so I could hammer with one hand
and feel the insert from the playfield with the other hand. If the
insert fails to pop up then add more heat. I actually broke the edge
off the first one because
.

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