My Needle keeps hitting the plate
#11
Originally Posted by bearisgray
Are you putting the needle in correctly?
My machine gets cranky if I put the flat side of the needle facing the wrong direction - or I don't push it far enough up into the needle holder thing.
My machine gets cranky if I put the flat side of the needle facing the wrong direction - or I don't push it far enough up into the needle holder thing.
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
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I just had my Viking Quilt Designer serviced because I broke the part the needle is held in. Completely destroyed it, heard the crunch/thunk, and the needle could not be held in the mechanism. No matter how hard I tried the needle just could not be tightened in. I never did this before, and for $185.00 repair fee, I hope to never do it again.
#16
I think GabbyAbby has the best answer, but my guess is, much like GabbyAbby. Ive seen the presser foot get loose or out of line, and I think that is more likely the problem, Ive had customers tell me it was hitting the needle plate, and when I looked at it it was actually hitting the foot. Other then that...its probably expensive.....
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Queen Bee;;;
If your Viking machine won't reset when shut off/on, it needs professional help. Those machines are too precise to mess with if you don't know the right "codes". I would rather spend $3.00 on gas to take my Designer 1 in for service to find out it is something simple off kilter, rather than mess something up really bad and have to buy a new part from Sweden.
If your Viking machine won't reset when shut off/on, it needs professional help. Those machines are too precise to mess with if you don't know the right "codes". I would rather spend $3.00 on gas to take my Designer 1 in for service to find out it is something simple off kilter, rather than mess something up really bad and have to buy a new part from Sweden.
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