Originally Posted by
oreo1912
The lever does move from straight to darn but not to remove. The linkage underneath moves and I can see slight movement on the right hand pin from underneath. I can feel the left pin move slightly when I have my finger on it and move the lever. Right pin does not. I don't really need to remove plate nor do I care to raise it my main reason for wanting it to work is to clean out the lint. I'm sure the feed dogs have lint I can't get at.
Do you use tri-flo? You can oil the nylon piece but don't take it out. Rock your lever as you oil. Keep turning the machine and oiling. Get the oil to work for you if you run the machine a little vibration may help to work the oil in. Unless something is wrong with the links it should loosen up. I had one one time someone took the lever apart and reassembled it wrong. I spent a long time fixing that puppy.