I have a love/hate relationship with these machines. I love to play on them and hate to work on them! I'm certified too. Worked a few months and got the hell out lol.
@@thepinsettermedic If I ever opened a center I would use these machines. Plenty of owners of new centers in the know who install A2s in their brand new centers.
I just did a detector rod adjustment on a lane and it detects standing pins perfect and it detects a strike but for out of range pins it will lift back up and sweep them, would I have to lower the tube another 1/16 of an inch?
I would double check your OOR adjustment make sure that’s good then go and check the detector rod. I fought that adjustment one time for a couple hours before I found that the OOR adjustment was wrong
just as important Shawn is to check the OOR. it is the Detector rod after all. one should make time to check each of the detection conditions. sure it means going back down and manually removing the pins and placing one that is OOR. Just to check the OOR. but it still needs to be checked. for the pinsetter (not yours) may have additional problems, like OORs. --- with pinsetters as the A2, everything is connected and relative POV.
We had this issue not to long ago and it turns out the tube needed to be brought down just a tad more. More than the 1/16 or 1/8 whichever it is lol. But just look over everything carefully and make sure the first half of the adjustment is good, it’s very easy and common to be over looked
Hey Shawn, how about a video on replacing and adjusting the rake crank rod,hopefully you will do one on adjusting the indexing trip lever and long link as well. Thanks
If you’re talking about adjusting the length of the crank rod I did in my rake adjustment video. But never thought of doing one of replacing one, just might have to now. And I will be doing a video for every adjustment in the book along with some extra ones on rebuilding and changing out parts. Thanks for the feedback!
@@thepinsettermedic definitely. I work in a center that has been greatly abused. I worked at AMF/Bowlero but never received official training just had a really good head mechanic, but that was 7 yrs ago. So now trying to relearn all I did then. Great videos you have what I have seen so far. I am just trying to get this center I am currently working in to have fewer stops and initiate preventative maintenance. I will be watch your videos. I am a decent B level, but still so much I don't know. Thanks for making the vids.
Of course, the point of me making these is to help anyone any way I can. Adjustments and preventative maintenance are the biggest things as you already know. I wish you the best of luck and hope I can keep helping!
@@thepinsettermedic so lane 29 occasionally will not index after the #1 pin. I have tried the adjustment in the book but then it constantly indexes. Any advice on what to do with it? It's number 26 in the book
I have a love/hate relationship with these machines. I love to play on them and hate to work on them! I'm certified too. Worked a few months and got the hell out lol.
Yeah, 5 years later I’m still here for some reason lol
@@thepinsettermedic If I ever opened a center I would use these machines. Plenty of owners of new centers in the know who install A2s in their brand new centers.
I just did a detector rod adjustment on a lane and it detects standing pins perfect and it detects a strike but for out of range pins it will lift back up and sweep them, would I have to lower the tube another 1/16 of an inch?
I would double check your OOR adjustment make sure that’s good then go and check the detector rod. I fought that adjustment one time for a couple hours before I found that the OOR adjustment was wrong
just as important Shawn is to check the OOR. it is the Detector rod after all. one should make time to check each of the detection conditions. sure it means going back down and manually removing the pins and placing one that is OOR. Just to check the OOR. but it still needs to be checked. for the pinsetter (not yours) may have additional problems, like OORs. --- with pinsetters as the A2, everything is connected and relative POV.
Should you run through with just one pin down too? To see if it detects it
Yes absolutely! One or all ten
Do thr 1,7,10 pin test also. Full deck..empty deck. Of course the oor check.
When the pinsetter isn’t sensing any pins, what adjustment do you have to make?
Detector Rod would be where I would start for sure
Hey question 🙋♂️ what if you make the adjustment and it’s not detecting a strike?
We had this issue not to long ago and it turns out the tube needed to be brought down just a tad more. More than the 1/16 or 1/8 whichever it is lol. But just look over everything carefully and make sure the first half of the adjustment is good, it’s very easy and common to be over looked
Hey Shawn, how about a video on replacing and adjusting the rake crank rod,hopefully you will do one on adjusting the indexing trip lever and long link as well. Thanks
If you’re talking about adjusting the length of the crank rod I did in my rake adjustment video. But never thought of doing one of replacing one, just might have to now. And I will be doing a video for every adjustment in the book along with some extra ones on rebuilding and changing out parts. Thanks for the feedback!
@@thepinsettermedic definitely. I work in a center that has been greatly abused. I worked at AMF/Bowlero but never received official training just had a really good head mechanic, but that was 7 yrs ago. So now trying to relearn all I did then. Great videos you have what I have seen so far. I am just trying to get this center I am currently working in to have fewer stops and initiate preventative maintenance. I will be watch your videos. I am a decent B level, but still so much I don't know. Thanks for making the vids.
Of course, the point of me making these is to help anyone any way I can. Adjustments and preventative maintenance are the biggest things as you already know. I wish you the best of luck and hope I can keep helping!
@@thepinsettermedic so lane 29 occasionally will not index after the #1 pin. I have tried the adjustment in the book but then it constantly indexes. Any advice on what to do with it? It's number 26 in the book
So does it drop in but doesn’t push the indexing lever down enough to unlock cam follower or does it just not turn at all after unlocking?
No separate shop? 😱
Nope! Lol
why will a lane set up empty racks when no pins are in deck and lane does not 180
That would be your 180 Turret Interlock, Adjustment #12. I have a video for that
That is one of the narrowest pits I've ever seen.