Originally Posted by tate_elliott

Here's the photo of the problem I had with my 500. It took me a while to find it. You can see the pin sticking out to the right. It was supposed to keep the inside of the hook wheel clear of lint.

As I wrote before, I took out the hook and bobbin mechanism and removed the pin, but the thread still wrapped itself around that spot.

Tate

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