Maintenance Procedures
400-088-120-02 Page 4.5-1 Rev. Date: 10/2016
4.5 Maintenance Procedures
This section provides specific preventive maintenance instructions for servicing pinspotters on a
frequency based on frame count. This has been determined to be a more reliable and efficient method
because it is based on actual machine use. Generally, the longer the service interval, the more
significant the maintenance activity. Repeat each maintenance item at every multiple of the indicated
frame count. For example, a maintenance activity performed at 25,000 frames would be repeated at
50,000, 75,000, 100,000, 125,000, etc. A 100,000 frame maintenance activity is repeated at 200,000,
300,000, etc. Maintenance may need to be done more frequently based on a pinspotter’s age,
mechanical condition, and repair history.
This section, as well as the corresponding sections in the accompanying manuals, provides details
relating to the required pinspotter maintenance. For example, simply stating “Service the Distributor
Clutch Assembly” in the Preventive Maintenance Schedule (Section 4.4) doesn’t provide the technician
with enough information to perform the task as intended by the manufacturer. The additional
information, which in this example is located in the accompanying XLi EDGE Distributor Manual, gives
specific details that should result in more consistent pinspotter performance from machine to machine,
from technician to technician, and from center to center.
While each maintenance activity is written as a standalone instruction, other maintenance items that
are due to be performed can be grouped together and performed at the same time in order to
minimize repeating activities and to take advantage of such things as tagging out the pinspotter,
gathering tools, cleanup, etc.
25,000 Frame Maintenance
4.5.1 Service the Table Assembly
1. Run Table to the pin deck (spotting the pins). Shut off the pinspotter.
2. Remove power from the pinspotter. Follow appropriate Lock out/Tag out procedures
3. Remove the bowling pins from the spotting cups
4. Clean the Spotting Cups with a water-based cleaner.
5. Clean the Table, Respot Cells, Linkages, Shifter Mechanism, Yoke, Spot and Respot Rods, and Leg
Supports with a cloth sprayed with WD-40.
6. Check for broken, worn, or loose parts or hardware. Tighten or replace as necessary.
7. Apply required lubrication following the lubrication schedule.
8. Restore power to the pinspotter, and return the Table to the Home position.
9. Cycle the pinspotter. Check pin spotting and respotting for operational issues. Make adjustments
as necessary following the applicable procedures in this Service Manual.
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