J Miller

Deb,

It sounds like a motor bearing to me. I had a Singer 500 that had a dried out top bearing and every now and again it would make noise like finger nails on a slate chalk board.

OK, now,
>Not all non Singer electric motors have oil holes.
>Not all Singer motors have grease tubes.
>Most (all I have seen to date) Singer internal motors have no provision for oiling. But they can be oiled.
>Most Singer and non Singer motors that do not have oil holes will have a felt pad surrounding the bronze motor shaft bearing on each end of the motor just inside the motor case. This can be lubed with sewing machine or light electric motor oil.

Sometimes this felt pad is visible, sometimes it is not. But even if you have to take the motor out and turn it this way and that, they can be oiled.

I suspect you have a machine with an internal motor. These are usually ignored like the Kenmores Path49 mentioned, even when they can be oiled and have the oil holes. When they don't have oil holes you can be sure they are ignored.

Look close and you can see where to put the oil. Usually just inside each end of the motor case, right at the air vent slots you can get to the bronze bearing and the felt pad around it.

A picture of the machine and the motor will help a lot.

Joe

Debthequilter

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