Originally Posted by
Rach L.
.... The spring thing that faces the front had a wad of fabric completely entwined in it (had to remove it to get all the material out). Is that my problem? Not sure what that spring does....
That spring holds a felt “wiper” that sticks out against the race. You keep the felt wet with sewing machine oil to lightly lubricate the race. That spring screws out like a bolt, then a piece of felt is twisted into the spring, and then the spring is screwed back into the bracket.
If you had the hook shaft out while cleaning, it’s probably out of time. With a needle in and the needle and slide plates off, turn the hand wheel to see where the hook is when the needle has been down and is beginning the trip back up. If the hook isn’t at the needle, it’s out of time.
If you didn’t remove the hook shaft, I’d thread both top and bottom again one more time, and leave the slide plate off to see what the thread is doing when your hook goes around to catch it. You may need to leave the needle plate off too to see things.
CD in Oklahoma