Originally Posted by
Missionx
i cleaned the fount part and oiled it. i have found that the reason it wont go back up is the bobbin housing is catching the needle and bending it. this seems to me that it is out of time. can a person retime it with out a repairman.
It certainly sounds like a timing issue. First you need to find out what through your machine out of time. It doesn't just happen, something causes it like hitting a ruler with the needle or a drive belt going. Unless you can pinpoint an event that you think caused it, involve a repairman/woman.
If you can think of an event, timing is a multi-step process that involves setting the needle bar height, position of the hook when the needle bar is at it's highest point and a locking mechanism for the bobbin case housing (at least on my machine). If you have a good instructional video for your machine it can be done with very good light and magnifiers. I have retimed my Innova on several occasions but I had access to a great video that Innova put out. And not all machines are exactly the same. I would never attempt to reset the timing on my Domestic machine (bernina) and even with the video, I dread having to reset the timing on my Innova. Now they have a special tool for timing that is supposed to make it a lot easier. You can search you tube to see if there is a video for you to follow for your machine. If not, I strongly recommend involving a repairman.