Singer 237 feed dog
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Singer 237 feed dog
I bought a Singer 237 for the cabinet. The more I looked at the sewing machine, the more I liked it. So today I cleaned and oiled it and put it thru its paces. adjusted the tension. and WAALAA, it sews a grwat stitch. BUTTT the feed dog is rubbing / hitting the plate and making noise.
I do not see any kind of adjustment I can make to move these feed dogs over (right) a hair. Any suggestions???
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Thank you. Karen
I do not see any kind of adjustment I can make to move these feed dogs over (right) a hair. Any suggestions???
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Thank you. Karen
#2
I love my 237. It looks to me like the feed dogs are a little out of alignment. May you could coax them back in place with a flat blade screw driver.
It's one tough machine. I hope this works for you.
Colleen
It's one tough machine. I hope this works for you.
Colleen
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Do you have the correct needle plate in? Maybe someone else bought a new one that doesn't fit just right. Take the screws out and see if there is any play in the needle plate. Well, Sorry. I got in right behind Cari with almost the same idea. LOL
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thank you for the ideas. I have loosened and retightened both the feed dogs and plate and they still rub. I took them both out and cleaned underneath them both. I think someone has worked on it because it has a different foot pedal than what I see in pics. the plate is Singer #352105 and the feed dog is Singer #352072. I have no schematics to check if they are the right numbers or not.
the number on the the bottom is MD004965. I could not find that number on the singer ID list. anyone know how old my machine is?
the number on the the bottom is MD004965. I could not find that number on the singer ID list. anyone know how old my machine is?
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Try looking at where the part that the feed dogs are attached to. Maybe there's some adjustment there? Just throwing out ideas. I would think given manufacturing tolerances never being 100% accurate that there would be room for adjustment somewhere.
Rodney
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I took it apart again. no oval holes, dratz. I looked at the bottom and the bar that the feed dog is attached too. well I don't know if I did right but I loosened some bolt and forced the feed dog arm over a hair. it seemed to work. the feed dog does not rub now. this I did after I was done sewing.
thank you for your suggestions.
Karen
thank you for your suggestions.
Karen
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