Old 03-03-2012, 01:05 PM
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J Miller
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Originally Posted by Mizkaki View Post
Donna,
These spoolpins are officially called "drive in" for a reason.
You have to drive them in by tapping them in with a hammer.
Sometimes it takes some force.

Cathy
I had to replace the spool pin in my SEWMOR and it is a tap in. I hate really beating on these pins so at first I just tapped it in. Couple days later it fell out. Grrrrrrrr...

I tapped it back in a little harder.
It fell out again. GRRRRRRRR

Then I stuck it in my drill and using a file I altered the rather steep taper on the end to a slightly less steep taper and drove it back in.

So far, so good.

Sometimes you gotta outsmart these things, or get a bigger hammer ........

Joe
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