Old 07-10-2012, 04:30 AM
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quiltingweb
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]347955[/ATTACH]It's getting cleaned up, the treadle runs very smoothly, the hand-wheel, when disengaged, runs smoothly, but something seems to be locked up. The needle won't go up and down. Most other things that are supposed to move, make a slight movement when I move the hand wheel...slightly, but the gear on the end of the shaft that comes down from the top and meets with another gear that goes across the bottom does not. Not a bit of play there. So, it seems to me, in my non-expert opinion, that something between that gear and the bobbin casing is locked up.

Further investigation is necessary. Here's a question...can I shoot some W-D 40 in there or is that a lubricant only zone? Or can I WD-40 first to get it moving then lube it?
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