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Originally Posted by Vickic96
Hi David,
I have the same machine. I have only used it about 12 times at the most. I have loved the winder feature. I keep it in the original box and keep in the a closet in the house away from the elements. I bought it about 4 or 5 years ago. Not quite positive. Would have to look up the date.
I got it out today to do some quick mending and behold the winder would not spin. You can hear the motor. Looking down into the hold where the post sticks up I cannot see any gunk.
I tried to disasemble the unit but it did not come apart easily and with it being so many plastic parts I was afraid to break it.
Can you explain how you took it apart? Do you have the take the whole back off in order to see what the problem is? I took off 4 screws off the back, one by the presser foot lever and 2 up on the top at the winder. No luck.
Any suggestions. I wonder if there is schematic on this machine somewhere?
Vicki
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Well I finally figured out there is a tiny screw in the Bobbin winder assembly area that was keeping me from taking the back off.
Much to my suprise there was no debris, shavings, melted rubber and NO O RING at all! I can't find evidence that there ever was one. Very clean in the mechanisms and very little dust either. To top that off, I have wound a lot of bobbins with it this way. Isn't that incredible. My husband had a package of several sizes of O rings in his shop so I put one on that fit and TaDa. It works.
Thanks for all the input on this thread. It gave me the courage to take this project on. I am happy with my machine again