How funny. Thanks for the information.
I finally took it to the dealer to have it fixed and right away he pointed out that I had the wrong bobbin in the machine. He could tell right off the bat because the fake ones had 7 holes in the bobbin, where the real bobbins had only six holes.
The real Bernina bobbins have 7 holes and the Singer 15 Class bobbins (that look so much like the Bernina bobbin) have 10 holes. The Bernina bobbin's center shaft is tighter than the Singer 15 Class'. You can use a Bernina bobbin in place of a Singer 15 Class, (on some other brand machine) but it won't fit on the bobbin winder. You can also use a Singer 15 Class bobbin in a Bernina, but it will clatter around a bit, which might make your stitch a bit sloppy.
The Bobbin Genie is something you can use in place of a back-lash washer. A lot of machines have a thin metal one already in the bobbin case. What it does is prevent the bobbin from flipping around the opposite direction and causing a snag. Think about when you're sewing really fast and stop all of a sudden. The take-up has just jerked the thread, and the bobbin kept going. So, if you were to pull the bobbin thread, it would be turning the opposite way of how it was when you put it in.