Originally Posted by
J Miller
Sue,
The numbers on the dial are just a reference point. It's the spring and disks that actually put the tension on the thread. As long as the tension unit is assembled correctly the numbers can be most anywhere.
Did you read the the instructions in the TSFR manual? It gives super easy to follow step by step instructions on how to adjust tensions.
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Joe
Yup! After looking around in lots of places, those seemed to be the most clear and concise instructions.
The only problem I had was that when I was finishing it with the final thumb screw it said to have the dial with the #2 on the top and to figit (my word) with where the notch fits until when completely tightened the dial reads zero. I could never get mine all the way to zero ... 9.5 was the most I could get.
I'll probably pull the whole tensioner apart tomorrow and figit with it some more, study the instructions and see if I missed something.
mostly I'm happy that a machine that I took apart and rewired actually WORKS.