yeah weird, I did the same process as far as I know.
i'll try again. These are the "teardown" shots.
After a few days of PB Blaster, the hinge has begun to move....
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Free! It is basically a lathe turned post with a cross hole drilled and a pin shoved in.
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The bugger came off but the tip is missing. The coil spring is actually made of square wire... too cool
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and as you will see in this shot the take up arm lost a lot of material to corrosion
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The color is off because i did not use flash, but here is the hinge wire-wheeled clean. note cross pin "peened in"
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The face... the dark color is due to the oil and rust removers.
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She's had a rough life..
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again... sigh.
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Starting to remove the needle bar
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Note, i still do not have the foot separated, it "looks" solid, but I know they are removable
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