Old 06-28-2010, 04:17 PM
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Lostn51
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Originally Posted by aardvarq
Hey Folks,

Does anyone know where I can get an internal thread tension spring? The one that goes around the shaft and into the machine on a model 27. The curly end, that the thread rests in, broke off BEFORE I received the machine.

I am thinking if I Carefully! uncoil one or two coils of the old spring, I might be able to bend a new curl.

What do you think? Does anyone have a really good picture I can look at? I saw a couple on the web, but can't get a mental 3D of it yet.
You can make another hook in the spring if you are careful but you can find then new on eBay and your local sewing machine repair shop should have them.

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