Removing a STUCK clutch wheel

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11-26-2013, 03:48 PM

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ThayerRags

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Originally Posted by NopahDesertRat

Does it mess up the timing or anything to use the needle bar???

It never has with me, but I don’t put all of the stress on the needlebar either. It just backs me up as I’m holding the handwheel with one hand. I’ve jammed a screwdriver handle into the top of a machine a time or two as well. I wedged it in so that it obstructed the lateral movement of the Feed Fork. Just anything to help prevent the upper shaft from moving.
Disclaimer: The only time I recommend these methods, is when nothing else has worked.
CD in Oklahoma

11-26-2013, 03:53 PM

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ThayerRags

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... I have an Adler that is stuck good too. I have had it soaking in WD.....

Save the WD for something else. I use regular sewing machine oil instead.

CD in Oklahoma

11-26-2013, 07:07 PM

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miriam

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Originally Posted by J Miller

Soak it with Tri-Flow or another penetrating oil first. Dried up or varnished oil can act like a glue and will jam things up really bad.

If you use the channel lock method, a leather piece protecting the knob is a must. No matter how careful you'd be those pliers would chew up the knob pretty bad.

Joe

I agree. I don't have a pair of channel locks and I don't use WD. I use T-F and give it time out. If time out doesn't work a little heat sometimes does the trick. Some times hubby grabs a piece of leather and gives it a good turn. Brute strength some times breaks things. So do sledge hammers...

11-26-2013, 07:08 PM

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miriam

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Save the WD for something else. I use regular sewing machine oil instead.

CD in Oklahoma

yup - car work...

11-26-2013, 10:45 PM

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Jeanette Frantz

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I was going to suggest a little "gentle" heat and "gentle" taps with a hammer (of course, protecting the surface) but I was beaten to the punch!"

The balance wheel on my National Two Spools was "stuck" (but not from rust -- just time, I think) and a little "gentle" persuasion worked! LOL

Jeanette Frantz

11-27-2013, 09:12 AM

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SteveH

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Originally Posted by Jeanette Frantz

..... a little "gentle" persuasion worked! LOL Jeanette Frantz

in the "tech" world we refer to this process as "percussive maintenance"

11-27-2013, 10:35 AM

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Macybaby

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hmmm- while doing auto repair - my husband participates in a lot of plain "Cussive maintenance" , of course that usually goes hand in hand with giving a blood offering to the Repair Gods.

The gods of sewing repair don't seem to be as blood thirsty as those of vehicle repair.