jrodh13

Hi,

I just acquired my first Singer Featherweight from my grandmother over the holidays. It was really sluggish at first, but smooth as silk now that I oiled and greased it. I did find that the timing was off a bit and adjusted that in accordance with the maintenance manual and youtube videos. I also found that the rear position plate spring was broken and that the hook loop guard behind the bobbin case was fairly well gouged. I'm waiting on a new spring and a rubber honing stick so I can smooth the damaged loop guard. I cleaned and adjusted the bobbin tension using a tension meter as well.

The machine appears to sew great in the forward direction with the proper amount of tension. The problem is when I reverse stitch the top thread is not pulled down into the fabric. This is strange since the tension seems good in the forward direction. The only thing that seems to change in reverse is the direction of the feed dog, so I'm not really sure what could cause this.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jared