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Title: Greyhound skill crane
Post by: kennethdior on April 09, 2016, 03:01:21 pm
Hey everyone, I recently got a Greyhound Skill crane just because it a friend was leaving college and gave it to me, but the up button the makes the crane go forward works but when i press the right button the crane goes right but it doesn't drop. It just goes back to the begging. as if it picked up a toy. PLEASE HELP
Title: Re: Greyhound skill crane
Post by: Draco_Elessar on April 10, 2016, 12:13:56 am
Check the claw limit switches on the housing(?). There should be two, one where the claw meets the housing (telling when the claw is up) and the other near a torsion spring (telling when the claw hits bottom). Most likely something got unplugged, one or both of these microswitches are not working, or they are wired incorrectly. I hope this helps. Vending Junkie, BeTheClaw.com and a few others on YouTube have some good videos on repairing a claw machine.


Draco
Title: Re: Greyhound skill crane
Post by: kennethdior on April 10, 2016, 10:34:27 am
Quote from: Draco_Elessar on April 10, 2016, 12:13:56 am
Check the claw limit switches on the housing(?). There should be two, one where the claw meets the housing (telling when the claw is up) and the other near a torsion spring (telling when the claw hits bottom). Most likely something got unplugged, one or both of these microswitches are not working, or they are wired incorrectly. I hope this helps. Vending Junkie, BeTheClaw.com and a few others on YouTube have some good videos on repairing a claw machine.


Draco

Hey im not really a wiring guy so if i was to show you pictures could you help identify the problem?
Title: Re: Greyhound skill crane
Post by: Draco_Elessar on April 10, 2016, 07:46:09 pm
Quote from: kennethdior on April 10, 2016, 10:34:27 am
Hey im not really a wiring guy so if i was to show you pictures could you help identify the problem?

Probably not, but I'm willing to give it a try. Have you made sure that all of the connections are good, and are not loose?

Here are the manual and schematics:
http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/GrayhoundSkillCrane.pdf (http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/GrayhoundSkillCrane.pdf)
http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/Grayhound_Crane_Schematics.pdf (http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/Grayhound_Crane_Schematics.pdf)
Title: Re: Greyhound skill crane
Post by: kennethdior on April 10, 2016, 10:53:03 pm
Quote from: Draco_Elessar on April 10, 2016, 07:46:09 pm
Quote from: kennethdior on April 10, 2016, 10:34:27 am
Hey im not really a wiring guy so if i was to show you pictures could you help identify the problem?

Probably not, but I'm willing to give it a try. Have you made sure that all of the connections are good, and are not loose?

Here are the manual and schematics:
http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/GrayhoundSkillCrane.pdf (http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/GrayhoundSkillCrane.pdf)
http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/Grayhound_Crane_Schematics.pdf (http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-vending/Grayhound_Crane_Schematics.pdf)



Yeah its like i have no idea whats happening in there i cant read that stuff. Its like the crane doesn't go down. It just goes back to the center.