Originally Posted by Phyllis nm
I have cleaned this singer 500, I swear it had sand dumped in it. It was hard to turn the dials on the front. It is clean now but I can not get the calm to go back in. It pops out and will not stay in. I set the front dial to B and the back dial to L and special, it’s the #1 cam. The dials trun much better.I took the motor out cleaned the sand off and greased the worm gear. I don’t know what else to do.
Thanks
have you taken the cam stack off and cleaned it and the spring? Get the service manual - it's free and then check out how to remove the stack. It isn't very hard to do. Maybe clean up the spring too - if all else fails, I think I have a spring. While you are in there clean the worm gear under the cam stack. Free manual:
http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ng-machine.pdf free service manual - it starts at page 125 and goes until the end:
http://parts.singerco.com/IPsvcManuals/306W25.pdf
I used 3-in-one all over everywhere on the first one I ever had (401G) and it took some doing but I got it off and then slicked up. WARNING: DON'T EVER EVER EVER USE 3 IN ONE OIL.
I also have a 401 that someone couldn't get the dial to turn so they used a hammer or something - bent the dial shaft. I took it all apart and tried to straighten the shaft - it still doesn't work right - I'm thinking it needs a shaft off my donor machine but the donor is a 500 and the other is a 401 so I'm not sure it will transfer.