Brand new Juki having thread breakage and tension problems
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 548
There's so much variation in dealers! It makes shopping that much harder, I completely understand opting out of the whole dealer thing. I'm very lucky, the place that sold us my Juki 2010 told me that if there was an issue in the first 7-10 days they'd give me another new machine. They were also $100 less than Amazon. They have free lifetime lessons too but that's pretty standard I believe. I've bought two machines from them and I send folks there all the time. We have another dealer in town that told me "mechanical machines are basically crap" (but he carries the Juki 2200Mini which is just like the 2010 go figure) but he won't carry the more basic beginner mechanicals so he doesn't get my business. Honestly it's easier to get machines on Amazon.
#13
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New York
Posts: 1
same issue
Has anyone else had thread breakage or upper tension problems with the Juki hzl dx7? I just opened my new machine today and I am confident it is threaded correctly. I can start sewing but within a minute the upper tension goes super tight and the thread breaks. I have checked everything I know. Help??
#14
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 1,231
Lift your presser foot to open the tension discs and see if the thread pulls through smoothly. If there's any kind of tension or "bumpy" feeling as you pull it through, it's in the threading.
Also, where is it breaking? Is it shredding or just snapping?
Also, where is it breaking? Is it shredding or just snapping?
#17
This happens on my frequently. Also from time to time the thread will get looped around the raising thread bar and will jam up. All of this is related to the spool of thread hanging up. The way I have tried to resolve this most of the time is to turn the spool around so it leaves the spool with the thread to the front side facing you. It seems to work for me.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 02-08-2020 at 12:10 PM. Reason: shouting/all caps
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