Kenmore 158 destined for the trash???
First, sorry for starting a new thread. But seeing as how this is no longer a tension assembly issue, I thought it appropriate. I'll ask for the other one to be deleted.
Anyway, I do not know what the problem is with this machine.
A little recap....I have been trying to fix this machine for about a year (but in all fairness, I don't work on any of my machines during Sept to early Dec. and end of Jan to May due to school). That said, I cannot get this darned machine to sew property. I have come a long way with it, but now, I cannot get the top stitches to look right. The bottom stitches appear flawless.
I have done the following...changed the needle, verified the needle is in correctly, cleaned the machine, re-oiled the machine, re-threaded the machine (about 1000 times), checked the hook timing (looks right from what I can tell), adjusted the bobbin case tension (was very tight), took off and cleaned (wasn't really dirty) tension assembly. Yet, I still have issues with the top stitches.
Does anyone have any ideas of what else I can check or do? Maybe this machine is destined for the trash, maybe it hates me....I don't know? Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Btw...this is a 158.17033
Bottom stitches. The numbers correspond to the tension number on the dial
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Top stitches. Can you see the bottom thread being pulled up? The stitches are best when the tension dial is set to 1 (but some thread can still be seen). This seems abnormally low, especially seeing as how this was flannel fabric.
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