Originally Posted by
imsewnso
I have been told that WalMart machines cannot be serviced because parts are not available.
Not so, dealers will tell you just about anything to get you to buy from them. What is true however is they can refuse to service anything they don't sell. And a complete service or repair from a dealer can cost more than just purchasing another machine. It's not cost effective for either side. Any machine can be serviced.
The US and Canada are the only two major countries in the world where a whole new revenue source has been created by servicing(clean/oil/adjust) sewing machines. In every other major country people are still taught to service their own machines when they buy them, just like it used to be here "in the olden days." When my 25yr old Brother embroidery machine needed repair(because of previous owners stupidity) it would have cost me $150 to have the dealer fix it so I found a service manual on line for $20 and fixed it myself.
Cari