Originally Posted by
cabbagepatchkid
Here are a couple of pics of how your tension might need to be. I haven't actually sewn with this machine yet but this is how it came to me. It looks like the little wire is over on the other side of the tensioner. Maybe yours is on the wrong side.
yes it needs tension attention. Here is the best link I have found on tension repairs.
http://www.tfsr.org/pub/technical_in...echanism_2.pdf
The spring should be on the other side. Thread goes around the tension, through the spring and around the bar to the take up lever and back down.