Originally Posted by
miriam
I have serviced MANY of these selectors. They are a chore to do. Tammi has done her share of them, too. They have their quirks. I don't see many of those machines with out the same issues or more. We will for sure need a way to 'find' this again. This should be the end all on the selectors by the time Tammi posts a UTube video.
Okay... if you wanted quality, I'll need to set up a non "cell-cam".
I'd be completely willing to do a step by step video walk through if we can agree on a good cleaning process. The only thing that slows me down is my video camera isn't compatible with a current computer I have so I jump through some hoops to get the video, but the quality is worth it. Someone else will have to narrate it though, because my Canadian accent may be confusing
Post it to the QB blog,.. I'll post it to AA too, so it's always available to link to.
Originally Posted by
Stitchnripper
Have been working the rubbing alcohol in. So far nothing. Does it need to sit awhile? I'm tempted, but not really, to pour it in there and then dump it out.
nooooooooooo!!!
Originally Posted by
miriam
OK - I'm betting you are up against 3-in-one oil. You will need brake cleaner or some kind of xylene product. Carefully spray a little brake cleaner in a tin can (anything plastic or paint will vaporize). Then get an artist brush made of hair. Brush the brake cleaner on the grooves and the little plate that goes in and out of the grooves. Protect your painted areas. VERY careful - do it out doors or garage run a vent fan - the brake cleaner should vaporize the gunk. You will only use a few drops of it. Pouring rubbing alcohol in there isn't a real good idea.
It sounds like it doesn't it? The rest of the machine is so clean though....
ETA: I'm guessing that on that back pillar that the pin that sits in the slots isn't quite clearing the pillar so it can't move. THen add some goop and you're stuck good.
The link is here, it's a shaky cell phone camera video, but it shows the needlebar moving, how the needlebar moves (the flapper moving), an almost image of the horizontal pin Miriam and I were discussing, and what moves when you move the stitch selectors. You can see I got them mixed up for a minute too.
I'm going to take that video down once we resolve your problems, and will shoot one for keepsies that doesn't make me motion sick. Youtube "fixed" my shakiness and made it worse I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnaXN...yer_detailpage