Originally Posted by
Prism99
Aside from oiling, have you lubed the gears? Lube *goes* get old, sticky and gummy. On old machines I get a tube of sewing machine lubrication, try to scrape off as much as I can of the old stuff on the gears, then add new lubrication. Just be careful where you put the lubrication -- it goes *only* on gears (the things with teeth).
It may be that when you put new oil on, there's enough excess oil to compensate for sticky gears.
oh yes. i forgot about the lube. you need to do that also but less frequently. and regarding the foot pedal, my 25+ yr old babylock was having problems in the foot pedal. when i called for a replacement was told $35+. so i took the foot pedal apart to inspect it. what i found was that one of the striker pieces (when you depress the pedal) had worn down and could no longer strike properly. so i turned that piece around to use the less worn part and presto, we were back in business again.