I got the knee control pedal off the desk to see if I could tell if it was the pedal or the motor. I'm 99% certain it's the pedal (but that's not saying the motor couldn't have a secondary problem)
A couple of questions
1. Can I use this same pedal on the floor or does it need a bottom to go on the floor?
2. Are replacement pedals available?
3. Could an electrician fix this? I'll see if I can get ahold of my normal repair guy at the quilt store, but would a vacuum/sewing shop be better?
As you can see, one of the springs is missing. It's actually there, just not in place, and so is the hook. However, the copper colored thing that holds the hook in place is broken.
When I pushed on the pedal, the thing that slides across the copper things gets stuck on the first (technically 2nd) - I'm assuming that's because the first one is missing.
spring not in place, hook, broken "copper holder"
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