Cork Installation (Requested) 

Have been working on AMF and Brunswick machines for 35 years and am presently working on 18 lanes A2...I always do a complete ball wheel clean and new cork every time.I have started using a double sided tape with paper back,a lot less messy than glue and does not leave much residue😀😀Keep up the good work and let's bury those strings machines.

I'm A2 mechanic of a 24 lane center, and we used to buy the stuff from the Brunswick parts catalogue. Recently it kept coming up on back order so I tried reaching out to a different company called Pres-Bond to get a custom size made for us. I wanted to try something a bit thicker, so I requested 1/8" thick 1.5" wide adhesive cork stripping, comes in rolls of 50'. It's less than half the price as the stuff from the book and it works probably twice as good. Generally lasts about 2-4 months before it needs to be changed, provided your lift rods are (somewhat) in spec. They have it up on their shop for anyone to buy in that size after we requested it, so if anyone wants to give it a go I think you'll be surprised how well it does. The method you show in this video also works really well, Shawn. But if you're feeling like trying something different I've had great luck with this brand.

You are going to blow a rectifier turning those machines on and off like that you'll smell the rotten egg smell. Reach up in there and turn the machine by hand its even faster and more accurate. Yes we called those cork kickers back when I was the head wrench. It was like painting a bridge you just keep on reinstalling them. They used a ton of lane oil where I was and it made ball returns the top call sometimes. You've got a good routine for replacing them. My place was so busy I'd lay out 3 or 4 pair at a time just to keep up.(32 lane house) The lane oil was hard on the cork kicker too. Also they didn't hurt or mark up the customers bowling balls it seemed like. Nice job man Its fun for me to go back and see this stuff again. God Bless Be Safe.

I'm glad you're doubling them up for a long kicker strip. Way more effective that way. I hate when I come across a ball wheel that has a dozen 1" little bits all over it. Lol!

Can use a real good two face tape .best is spec tape gold colered nack goes much farther and its cheaper. But make sure you clen ball wheel good.

Can you do a video of a launch wheel damaging bowling balls

What about a shotgun tear down and rebuild?

Can you make a video switching out the spring on the bazooka

how to fix spinning balls and balls that sit at the top of the lift rods? thanks!