This year, we added 8 new lanes ( seperate from our 12 other lanes, which is divided by a wall ). We got all used 82-70's, and they have not worked entirely right since the day we first bowled on them. This past weekend. We were having troubles with lane 1. What would happen, is the sweep would come down, sweep back, and get caught on the end of the lane, like it would fall into the pit, so the table would just continually just pick up the pins and set them, and repeat. What would cause this? Would the sweep be over adjusted and sweeping back too far?
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I am a newcomer to working at lanes, although I have been around them for my whole life. My friends parents owned lanes, so I would help out here or there, fixing pin jams, filling pop machines, stuff like that. This past year I finally started actually working for them, and a few times I have found myself stumped.
This year, we added 8 new lanes ( seperate from our 12 other lanes, which is divided by a wall ). We got all used 82-70's, and they have not worked entirely right since the day we first bowled on them. This past weekend. We were having troubles with lane 1. What would happen, is the sweep would come down, sweep back, and get caught on the end of the lane, like it would fall into the pit, so the table would just continually just pick up the pins and set them, and repeat. What would cause this? Would the sweep be over adjusted and sweeping back too far?Tags: None
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Originally posted by YoungBowler04:
I am a newcomer to working at lanes, although I have been around them for my whole life. My friends parents owned lanes, so I would help out here or there, fixing pin jams, filling pop machines, stuff like that. This past year I finally started actually working for them, and a few times I have found myself stumped.
This year, we added 8 new lanes ( seperate from our 12 other lanes, which is divided by a wall ). We got all used 82-70's, and they have not worked entirely right since the day we first bowled on them. This past weekend. We were having troubles with lane 1. What would happen, is the sweep would come down, sweep back, and get caught on the end of the lane, like it would fall into the pit, so the table would just continually just pick up the pins and set them, and repeat. What would cause this? Would the sweep be over adjusted and sweeping back too far?
But you came to the right place, the people here at BowlTech are great, know their stuff, and won't hesitate to answer your questions.* this space left blank intentionally *
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WangJ
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posted April 01, 2004 07:08 PM
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hey mekanic
Here are the instructions i got from stahls for adjusting a sweep and they have worked every time for smoothing out a sweep.
They are as follows..........
1. Crank the sweep as high as it will go at the 0 position. Using the long rod on each side of the sweep arms (not sure the part #), adjust them so that each side of the sweep is 23.5 inches off the pindeck from the 1-2 board. Make sure to tighten the jam nuts back up.
2. Crank sweep to 66 guard position. Using the long threaded link on each side, 15/16" nut, adjust the sweep to be 5/16" off the gutter for each side. Again make sure to tighten the nut back up.
3. Crank sweep to 4 5 6 row, and adjust the saddles on each side of the frame of the machine so that the sweep is 5/16" off the pin deck on each side. Lower the saddle to raise the sweep and raise the saddle to lower the sweep. If you need more height on either side, you can add washers behind the rubber bumper on the telescoping link.
4. Crank the sweep as far back as it will go just until it starts to come forward again. Adjust the main rod coming off the sweep crank arm so that the back edge of the sweep is lined up with teh back edge of the 7 and 10 pin spots.
Again remember to tighten things back up.
That should smooth out the sweep. Dont forget to check your cams for proper stopping positions.
WangIf at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it." -W.C.Fields
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WangJ
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Member # 1283
posted April 01, 2004 07:08 PM
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hey mekanic
Here are the instructions i got from stahls for adjusting a sweep and they have worked every time for smoothing out a sweep.
They are as follows..........
1. Crank the sweep as high as it will go at the 0 position. Using the long rod on each side of the sweep arms (not sure the part #), adjust them so that each side of the sweep is 23.5 inches off the pindeck from the 1-2 board. Make sure to tighten the jam nuts back up.
2. Crank sweep to 66 guard position. Using the long threaded link on each side, 15/16" nut, adjust the sweep to be 5/16" off the gutter for each side. Again make sure to tighten the nut back up.
3. Crank sweep to 4 5 6 row, and adjust the saddles on each side of the frame of the machine so that the sweep is 5/16" off the pin deck on each side. Lower the saddle to raise the sweep and raise the saddle to lower the sweep. If you need more height on either side, you can add washers behind the rubber bumper on the telescoping link.
4. Crank the sweep as far back as it will go just until it starts to come forward again. Adjust the main rod coming off the sweep crank arm so that the back edge of the sweep is lined up with teh back edge of the 7 and 10 pin spots.
Again remember to tighten things back up.
That should smooth out the sweep. Dont forget to check your cams for proper stopping positions.
WangIf at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it." -W.C.Fields
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lol, as said, back the sweep travel off some with the short fat rod, too much travel will cause the sweep to collapse into the pitAll I want in life is to turn wrenches and climb around pinsetters/pinspotters again :/
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Thanks... the lanes have been nothing but trouble, mainly due to the fact that the people we hired to install them did one crappy job and took a lot of shortcuts. Plus the fact that we forgot to wipe the surlyn off the new pins we put in so we have had pinjams galore. Oh well. I have been hanging around here in the shadows for weeks, finally yesterday i decided to register [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img] .
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Originally posted by YoungBowler04:
Thanks... the lanes have been nothing but trouble, mainly due to the fact that the people we hired to install them did one crappy job and took a lot of shortcuts. Plus the fact that we forgot to wipe the surlyn off the new pins we put in so we have had pinjams galore. Oh well. I have been hanging around here in the shadows for weeks, finally yesterday i decided to register [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img] .
All I want in life is to turn wrenches and climb around pinsetters/pinspotters again :/
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Originally posted by YoungBowler04:
Plus the fact that we forgot to wipe the surlyn off the new pins
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Originally posted by Coors:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by YoungBowler04:
Plus the fact that we forgot to wipe the surlyn off the new pins
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Yep...real hard. But it will wear off all by itself after about...lets say...12,000 lines...LOL [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]TSM & TSM Training Development
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Originally posted by JBEES:
Yep...real hard. But it will wear off all by itself after about...lets say...12,000 lines...LOL [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]
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