Originally Posted by donna13350

Yes...timing is very simple and takes less than 5 minutes, even for a beginner.
First..you need to see if it is OUT of time...remove your bobbin and bobbin case, then turn the hand wheel toward you while watching the needle and hook. Once the needle has risen and has gone all the way down, it is what it does when returning up that counts. When the needle is coming back up, watch the hook, the tip of the hook should pass just over the top of the eye of the needle...if it does, your machine is timed properly ...if it does not, then you need to time it.


To time it, lay the machine on a towel on it's back, remove the bottom cover, if there is one. turn your handwheel so that you can see the shaft that turns hook assembly(follow the dots...the hip bone is connected ..etc!)....on that shaft there will be a bearing with (usually) 2 set screws...loosen them with the proper sized allen wrench....now just line up the top of the hook over the top of the needle(again, on it's upward stroke), ...tighten set screws...turn hand wheel again, and check to see that it's correct, then snug the set screws down well, replace bottom, then put your bobbin case and bobbin back in and test...NEVER with the foot pedal first! always test the first few stitches by turning the hand wheel manually in case something isn't right...if nothing jams and nothing hits, then go ahead and run machine.