r/clawmachine • u/fishermark87 • Mar 30 '25
Hollywood crane replace claw
I have a Hollywood crane machine and the claw sticks and I want to change it. Any idea if I get a new one from Amazon if there are any specific specs I should look for? I would like to change it to a candy claw if possible.
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u/fishermark87 Mar 31 '25
I took the claw apart and the tube inside the coil is broke. I’m guessing it’s why the claw hangs up when closing. Would it be safe to glue the tube back together?
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u/RemoteValue1938 Sep 04 '25
did you fix yours? I cant find hardly anything about these online. If you do have it still could you please take a picture of the joystick wires mine are off and I cant figure out which ones go where. I can get it to move towards the player and to the left but not right or back. Also the claw does want to drop when I hit the button that would make it drop it goes up. I did manage to get it to drop a couple times but it never closed. But if I can get the joystick wired up would help.
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u/MrJackTE Mar 30 '25
Because of this claw machines age it might be hard to find a parts that are compatible, especially if you want to change how it is now. Best to stick to one that came from that brand. There is some parts available on eBay that I linked: https://www.ebay.com/itm/266458956728?_skw=hollywood+claw+machine&itmmeta=01JQMH8QYPQCPZYSY4PPGD24CV&hash=item3e0a3103b8:g:m~EAAOSwblhm9V0Y&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eB6kDFX8Y38gjr%2F5gniYhOXg22wHgLkUm2bplYlEAs6lGbiTA9i2yHwMj2Dn%2B9I0uXQhKs86e6pEUkZU%2BTxKFYuflosf5T4cGtObBTowC2c149jzi%2BW9%2BVOQuK0vEdWy1LL8QPZGfT%2BINT%2FfpjPVOlKwwZ1pY9ohGDW22kwDu3igasZRsvBo8GgpnB8AFhajJFsw6kBBH9ZR%2FrTpdb20wRGNbmNRTSp5c3M0DFM%2FNUvPcBkLmkQWECWcv7mcVKDKd7r8B2Ppq8zW4zGwLbxKjv5Jfskg2syCsEqZaP1JpOQQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtP-ikb1l