Originally Posted by
susie-susie-susie
I have had a Janome machine for 10 years. No one told me about the wick when I got the machine and I couldn't find any information in the instruction book. The first time I cleaned the bobbin area, I thought the wick was a piece of lint. Took a lot of trouble, but I managed to remove it. That is when I realized what it was. I thought I broke my machine. I was able to get it back in and the machine has worked wonderfully ever since. I'm thinking that I narrowly escaped trouble. Lucky, I guess.
Sue
I did the same with my 7700. I did remove it and didn't realize I had done something wrong til later. I found a piece of felt and put it back in there and felt kind of bad about it. I figure that maybe why my machine is a bit noiser than when I first got it.