Originally Posted by
Sandygirl
I used this machine for ever until I bought my sew/embroidery Janome 9700 in 2005.
sandy
That's a long time using that machine! Did you ever have trouble with the upper gear breaking? The upper gear is what controls the bobbin action, and it's made of plastic. It gets brittle over time and cracks. The one in mine had broken twice. We found one online and I replaced it myself, also learned how to set the timing.