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Looking for what the height is suppose to be between the front of the distributor and the the bin assembly.any help would be great.thanks
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On any AMF machine the distributor should not touch the bin at all. It must be shimmed in order for it not to make contact with the bin assembly. If it does touch the bin, then this can lead to several problems.
On a 70 the height is closer than a 90 due to the pit construction. (vertically) On the 70 and 90, you can add/remove washers on top of the distributor mount spacer to shim it up or down. Each machine may be slightly different but the main goal is to ensure that the two never meet. As long as the distributor can travel round all the bin positions and be clear, your good.
The gap between the dizzy frame and the bin (horizontally) also differs on the 70 and 90. The dizzy sits further back than on a 90. Again, make sure that the distributor does not rub the bin here as it travels round the different bin positions.Bring me the freshest "Mean Green" known to man! Juice on! -
I like them as close as possible, allowing proper pin feed to the bin. if the pins are bouncing too much off the butt stops or if the distributor is getting caught up on pins/bin assembly you need more height.When you know what to do, everything is easy.Comment
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Alastair pretty much said it. As long as it does not touch the bin doesn't matter how its shimmed (each machine may be different) as long as it can smoothly and consistently feed pins properly to all positions. My back ends are sort of all over the place, some of my dizzy are low and some are higher but none touch the bins and all of them run fine. I've fined tuned the height on them and each one is different due to the circumstances and the height is set for best operation. If you want a starting point I would say start as low as you can go, in that no part of the dizzy is closer to any part of the bin by 1/4" at least, if it does not feed well enough then you can always add shims to raise it a bit until it does. Its mostly trial and error.... there really is no one set position for all the dizzy.Comment
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As others stated, as low as possible. Have 2 sets of pins in the bin and see if the arm hits the 5 pin when extended. Just barely clearing it is good.Failed safety course.Question #1:In case of fire what steps do you take? Apparently 'Friggin long ones!" is the wrong answer.Comment
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Alastair says "...the distributor should not touch the bin at all". I assume this includes the Trip Arms. On one of my lanes these are touching the bin when the pin goes over them, especially at the 7 and 10. Whilst I have yet to prove it I suspect that it may be contributing to pin jams. I have a total of 4 x 070-006-143 spacers to raise the distributor and still the fingers touch the bin. I have it on my 'to do list' to raise the distributor support bracket which, by the way, IS vertical. Is this the way to go or does anyone have any other suggestions?Discover wildlife - have childrenComment
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You could try and adjust the hand rail back one slot on the cat walk, and see if that gives you more adjustment.
Drop a plumb line down the back of the pin wheel and see how it is sitting.Bring me the freshest "Mean Green" known to man! Juice on!Comment
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"No part of the distributor should ever touch the bin.Comment
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Missing the bumper between the carriage and trip arm perhaps?Comment
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Sorry AlastairOriginally posted by Alastair View Post
Can't quite see how this would affect the height of the distributor.
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Moving the handrail can adjust the pitch of the pin elevator and since the distributor support is mounted to the pin elevator changing the pitch of the pinwheel can change the height of the distributor at the trip arms. Move the handrail back and the pinwheel tilts back raising the front of the distributor, move the handrail forward.....Comment
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BINGOOriginally posted by Tablejam View Post
Though you may have enough to go on, what with checking your trip arm bumpers, adjustment in your dizzy mount support, and also adding additional shims to the spacers. The hand rail adjustment would really only be used if the pin wheel was not sitting nice and straight.Bring me the freshest "Mean Green" known to man! Juice on!Comment
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I see - but surely this would mean the distributor post is no longer vertical but tilting back. But as Alastair says I now have plenty to go on - looks like this afternoon will belong to lane 10Originally posted by Tablejam View Post
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Once again I can't help but agree totally with you my friend!Originally posted by Alastair View PostBINGO
Though you may have enough to go on, what with checking your trip arm bumpers, adjustment in your dizzy mount support, and also adding additional shims to the spacers. The hand rail adjustment would really only be used if the pin wheel was not sitting nice and straight.
Tom, start with the easy things that Alastair has listed and go from there as one or more of those should help.Comment
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hello everyone this is Tinker (richard ) have big? when talking about dizzy height from bin , where at on dizzy are you talking about? here they have removed belt guard so if on double stack at 5 it should be just above pin? and what is anybodys thoughts about to many shims under dist. mount and cross brace putting pressure on cross brace , and how high or lowe dizzy pan should be and space between top of pan and inside of pin wheel. I have been doing this for about 12 years on and off but never had a good teacher to work with me. Thanks ahead for any input 82-70 MP chassisComment
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