Originally Posted by
miriam
Thank you. Mine came off time on one side but not the other. I dropped the needle and now it zzs. I'll have to check the screws on there - I'd like to make it work right. Mine is a 5102 - the needle does not center in the hole at all. It wants to go to the left. Not a fabulous machine but if it would work...
Not only is mine out of time but the needle is positioned to the left of center. Then when sewing the needle goes farther to the left than to the right when it zzs. so all is off center. Shifting the needle lower made it pick up stitches when it zzs but doesn't really fix the real problems. It is hard to know what to fix first. I'm thinking the needle has to be adjusted first. Actually the machine Lovie is cleaning in my avitar is that machine. 5101 Singer. It is a piece of junk but I think maybe it is a learner for me. This one would be much easier to part out.