love 2 sew

This is a last ditch effort to find out what is wrong. Machine is skipping stitches every five seconds or so & makes a clicking sound that it hasn't made before. Hook race has been cleaned & oiled & needle gas been changed.
Thanks for the help.
Joan

lfstamper

I wish I knew. Can you take it in for service?

Jan in VA

Change your bobbin. I've had this happen a couple of time with my 1031 and after thorough cleaning and re-threading, I found on the second time that I apparently had a bad bobbin. I tossed it and haven't had the issue since.

Jan in VA

jkaczor19

You may need a new check spring. It is a cheap part, but they have to take the machine apart to get at it, so it would probably be at least a 1/2 hour of labor.

quiltstringz

If none of the above fix the issue, my guess is that it is out of time. Will need to go in for service

love 2 sew

Changing the bobbin didn't work. I guess I'll take it in for service tomorrow. I hope I get it back before our retreat the middle of November.
Thanks for the responses.
Joan

BellaBoo

Please post what the repairman said caused the problem.

debbiemarie

I have read that dust or lint in the bobbin area will cause skipping...

PaperPrincess

Also might be the needle. Even if you just put a new one in, try one more! Make sure that it's all the way up in the shaft and oriented correctly.

love 2 sew

The problem was a burr on the hook.
So glad I took it to be serviced and even more glad that it was repaired quickly.
Joan