Rocketeer Slide Plate
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Rocketeer Slide Plate
I have a Rocketeer and the slide plate won't stay on. It used to! We recently moved. My sewing machines were packed into my HHR and the trip was uneventful so I'm sure it didn't get jarred around too much. Any ideas?
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The slide plate in my 401 goes in from the needle side, like a 201.
If you already know this and can't get it on, it could be that the steel spring that guides it has moved. My 401 has a screw underneath the plate, on the case itself, that you screw in to loosen. You have to remove the bottom to get at it.
To loosen it, screw it in (I mention this again because it's opposite to normal screws), move it to the centre or where it will likely hold the plate on, and tighten (screw it out).
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I don't have a rocketeer but I think the 400 series are almost identical.
The slide plate in my 401 goes in from the needle side, like a 201.
If you already know this and can't get it on, it could be that the steel spring that guides it has moved. My 401 has a screw underneath the plate, on the case itself, that you screw in to loosen. You have to remove the bottom to get at it.
To loosen it, screw it in (I mention this again because it's opposite to normal screws), move it to the centre or where it will likely hold the plate on, and tighten (screw it out).
The slide plate in my 401 goes in from the needle side, like a 201.
If you already know this and can't get it on, it could be that the steel spring that guides it has moved. My 401 has a screw underneath the plate, on the case itself, that you screw in to loosen. You have to remove the bottom to get at it.
To loosen it, screw it in (I mention this again because it's opposite to normal screws), move it to the centre or where it will likely hold the plate on, and tighten (screw it out).
Thats funny that that you mentioned your 401 because I noticed after I posted about my Rocketeer that my 401a slide plate won't stay on either!!!
Can you explain to me what you mean by the "slide plate goes in from the needle side" ?
I can put the slide plate on and it is flush with the bed of the machine but if I just brush against it, it will slide open
Last edited by auntpiggylpn; 03-09-2014 at 03:11 PM.
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You put the presser bar up, move the needle bar up and slide the plate into position from the back to the front of the machine. Look at the plate and you will see why: There is no way it can possibly go on if you try to slide it on from front to back because there is no groove at the front of the plate.
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You put the presser bar up, move the needle bar up and slide the plate into position from the back to the front of the machine. Look at the plate and you will see why: There is no way it can possibly go on if you try to slide it on from front to back because there is no groove at the front of the plate.
Ahhhhhhhhh! I will try that when I venture down to the lower level of the house. Thanks for the info. I will let you know if I was successful!
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The spring is a two ended flat spring that holds the slide plate on. It is held on behind the front of the machine. The picture is from the back so you can see how the spring is attached inside the machine.
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The slide plate fits over the ends of that flat spring. To make the slide plate go on you put it toward the needle then get the little edges of the slide plate over the spring and then it goes toward you. I used a screwdriver to lift the spring a little - get one side in and then lift the other. Then pull it toward you.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]466517[/ATTACH]
The slide plate fits over the ends of that flat spring. To make the slide plate go on you put it toward the needle then get the little edges of the slide plate over the spring and then it goes toward you. I used a screwdriver to lift the spring a little - get one side in and then lift the other. Then pull it toward you.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]466518[/ATTACH]
Last edited by miriam; 03-10-2014 at 06:15 AM.
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How did you replace 401 a broken cover plate spring?
So--can you explain HOW you replace the cover plate spring? I can see the screw that holds it in place, so it seems fairly simple--if I could only get to the screw!
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