FIXED!

Rather than get a tech to charge me 100's of dollars, I decided to pull apart my demo man and try and fix myself. Rather than removing every single ramp like id read on the net, I managed to remove the plastic ramp holder around the claw with some wrangling. Disconnected the motor and magnet wires from under the playfield. Undid the claw bolts from the back and mananged to lever it up to an angle where i could get the cover off. Unplugged the opto board cable and managed to get the entire claw mech out! :)

Took off the opto board and ran a cotton bud with windex through the tiny horseshow optos. Somehow managed to re-assemble everything without breaking anything and fired up the game. CRYO CLAW NOW WORKS PERFECTLY EVERYTIME!

To say im proud of myself is an understatement. I was really stressing id break something but took care and have now probably saved myself of over $300 for a tech to do it. Plus demo man really kicks some ass with the claw working everytime! So happy!