George59

Over the weekend I cleaned and lubricated the sewing machine plus I replaced the motor belt, not the cleated one but the V-belt.



I also updated the pictures in the PDF file with some relevant info. All it needs now a new set of carbon motor brushes, I've called several local sewing machine repair shops in Budapest, one of them told me, that he might be able to give me couple if he can find them or he can also make some. He sounded like he is around 70, so was about 20 when these machines came out in the 50-ies.

Lucky me, the cleated belt in my machine seems all right, but I was just wondering how would I gain access to it if I had to? I can see 4 bolts on the bottom of the machine that likely hold the vertical "tower" section of the machine but I just don't see, what is that you have to remove or disconnect inside in order to remove the upper part of the housing from the base.

The other thing that is puzzling me a bit is how to lubricate the plastic gear behind the hook assembly?

Or, as a matter of fact, how do you remove the hook assembly itself? I tried to loosen up the sliced headed bolt on the other side, that seems to be screwed in the bobbin shaft, but I just couldn't do it. I wanted to take out the hook assy. just to see how exactly it works and lubricate any part of it that needs it.

I also tried to remove the handle disk that you use to turn the motor manually, but I wasn't able to that either. That large sliced headed chrome bolt is just sitting in it too tight.

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