Contents Foreword ............................3 Replacing the External Parts ......................4 Face Plate .............................4 Top Cover ............................4 Belt Cover ............................5 Motor Cover ...........................5 Base ..............................5 Adjustment of the needle bar height ....................6 Adjustment of the timing of the hook in relation to the needle ............8 Adjustment of the clearance between needle and point of hook.
Foreword The purpose of this service manual is to assist you in quick and correct repairing of the machines. Adjustments should only be made if the settings deviate from the requirements described herein. When checking or adjusting a machine, always proceed in the order of the work steps prescribed. For easier reference every work step is marked with a dot.
Replacing the External Parts Face Plate Remove the setscrew (4 x 10) (A) and washer (B). Remove the face plate (G). Top Cover Remove the caps (C) and setscrews (4 x 25) (D). Lift the top cover (E) and pull out the motor connector (H). 104 72 63-26...
Belt Cover • Remove the 3 setscrews (4 x 12) (C) and remove the belt cover (D). Pull out the socket connector from the printed circuit board UD connector . NOTE: When attaching the belt cover, engage the hooks with the motor cover. Motor Cover •...
Adjustment of the needle bar height Requirement When the needle bar (D) is in its lowest position the upper hairline (A) of the needle bar should match up with the bottom edge of the needle bar bushing (B). Check • Turn the hand wheel toward you the needle bar is in its lowest position •...
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Replacing and Adjusting Needle threader Requirement When the needle threader is at its threading position, the treader hook must pass through a size 70 needle eye without hitting on top or bottom of the needle eye and have the same distance either to the left or to the right side of the needle eye.
Adjustment of the timing of the hook in relation to the needle Requirement: The needle should travel 2 mm from its lowest position (D) before the lower hairline (A) on the needle bar exactly meets the edge of the needle bar bushing (B) then must the hook point (C) line up to the right side of the needle.
Adjustment of the clearance between needle and point of hook. Requirement: The clearance between the needle and hook point should be 0–0.1 mm. Check • Turn the hand wheel to bring the hook point (A) behind the needle (B) • Use a screw driver and push lightly on the needle to check that the clearance between hook point (A) and the needle (B) is 0–0.1 mm.
Adjustment of bobbin case position fi nger Requirement: The position fi nger (A) should be located so that the center of the needle (B) is located between the center of the hook stopper (C) and outer side of the hook stopper spring (E) Adjustment •...
Adjustment of the presser bar height and alignment Requirement When the presser foot (A) is raised, the distance between the presser foot (A) and needle plate (B) should be 5.7–6.3 mm. Check • Raise the presser foot. • Place a block 6 mm thick under the presser foot and lower the presser foot lifter. •...
Adjustment of the knee lifter lever Requirement When the presser foot is fully raised with the knee lifter, the clearance between the needle plate and presser foot must be 7.5 mm Adjustment • Lay the machine on its back. • Remove the base •...
Adjustment of the Feed Cam Timing Requirement When the point of the needle is 17.5 mm above the needle plate (A), coming from its upper turning point The feed dog should not move when moving the reverse stitch lever (B) up and down. Check: •...
Adjustment of the Feed Lifting Cam Timing Requirement When the point of the needle is 0.4 mm below the needle plate (A) the top of the feed dog teeth (B) should be 0-0.01 mm above the needle plate. Check • Remove the Feed dog. •...
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Adjustment of the feed dog height Requirement When the feed dog is in it’s highest position. The Feed dog teeth top (E) should be 0.8 to 1.0 mm from the surface of the needle plate (D). Check • Select the machines longest stitch lengths setting. •...
Adjustment of the parallelism and lengthwise movement of the Feed Dog Requirement The parallelism between both sides of feed dog and needle plate (A) should be even. The clearance between the front end of the center feed dog and center slot (B) should be 4.5 +- 0.3 mm when the stitch length dial is set at 0.
Adjustment of synchronizer Requirement When the needle stop is set on UP the needle should stop on its upper position. When the needle stop is set on DOWN the needle should stop in its down position. Check • Press both the Up/Down needle position button (B) and bobbin winding button (C) at the same time while turning the power switch (A) on.
Adjustment of bobbin thread tension Requirement The force required for pulling cotton thread 50/2 or synthetic fi ber thread 100/3 off the bobbin must be approximately 20 - 30 g. Check • There must not be any thread waste under the tension spring. •...
Adjustment of thread check spring stroke Requirement The amount of the needle thread supplied by the check spring should be 11–15 mm. Check • Thread the machine up to the thread guide (A) and lower the presser foot. • Lower the needle bar to the lowest position. •...
Replace and Adjust the Thread Guide Plate Requirement The left inner edge (C) of the thread guide plate should be approximately 1.4 mm from the center of the needle drop position (D) and the back inner edge (E) of the thread guide plate should be approximately 2.7 mm from the center of the needle drop position (D).
Adjustment of the Fixed Cutter Knife Requirement When the needle bar is in it’s lowest position the distance between the center of the needle (A) and the fi xed cutter knife (B) should be 4 mm. The thread cutter knife tip (E) should be aligned , when it swings out to its cutting position, with the left side of the edge (H) of the fi...
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Replace and Adjust Thread Cutter Knife Requirement When thread cutter knife is at its end turning position, it should be 2–2.5 mm from the point (G) of the thread cutter knife to the center of the needle drop position (H). Removal and fi...
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Adjustment • Remove the needle plate and base • Lower the needle bar to the lowest position. • Turn the hand wheel toward you while pushing up the link body (C) to engage the thread cutter knife (B) and bring it to the end of the stroke. •...
Adjustment of the needle to cutter cam timing Requirement When Link body is engaged and the tip of the needle is 10.9 mm over the stitch plate. The thread drawing arm should start to move. Check • Remove the base. •...
Adjustment of the thread drawing lever Requirement When the needle point is 10.5 mm above the needle plate, com- ing from its lowest turning position, and the solenoid disk (C) fully closed, then should the tip of the thread drawing lever (G) lightly makes contact with the bobbin.
Adjustment of the auto tension release Requirement When the Tension Dial is set on 4 and the needle point is just above the needle plate. Then when closing the solenoid (A) fully by hand, the tension disk should open up 1 mm. Check •...
Thread Cutter Troubleshooting The needle thread is not cut. The fi xed cutter is dull. Replace or grind the fi xed cutter knife. The fi xed cutter knife is out Adjust the position of the fi xed cutter knife . of position.
Adjustment of bobbin winder stopper Requirement: The amount of thread wound on the bobbin should be 16.5–19.5 mm in diameter. Check • Wind a bobbin • When its fi nished the amount of thread wound on the bobbin should be 16.5–19.5 mm in diameter. Adjustment •...
Replacing the Electronic Components Location of the Electronic Components Bobbin winder motor Slide volume Bobbin winder switch Circuit board A Circuit board F Upper shaft sensor Driving motor Lamp Machine socket Thread cutter switch Capacitor Push - pull solenoid Power transfomer Circuit board MS Location of the Connectors Thread cutter switch...
Internal Wiring To prevent the internal wirings from contacting the moving parts or being caught in the joint of the external parts, the internal wirings should properly be routed and secured as illustrated. Motor cord Motor sensor cord Machine socket cord (primary) Machine socket cord (secondary) Cord binder Push-pull solenoid cord...
Replace the Circuit Board-A To remove: • Remove the top cover. • Pull out connectors from the circuit board-A. • Remove the cords from the cord clips (A). • Remove the setscrews (B) and the board-A case lid (C) • Pull out the connectors under the case lid. •...
Replace the Circuit Board-F and Slide Volume 1. Removed the top cover and the belt cover. 2. Pull out the circuit board-F connector (B) , slide volume connector (C) and the thread cuttet switch connector (D) from the circuit board-A . 3.
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Replace the Printed Circuit Board - UD To remove: 1 Remove the top cover, belt cover and base. 2 Remove the cord binder below the handwheel. 3 Disconnect the 3 connectors from the printed circuit board A. 4. Remove the set screws A (2 pieces) and remove the ornamental plate unit. Cord binder Printed circuit board A Connector...
Replace the motor and Adjust the motor belt tension To remove: • Remove the belt cover and motor cover. • Pull out the motor sensor connector (A) • Pull out the motor connector (B), while pushing the connector lock (C) •...
Replace the transformer • Remove the top cover and motor cover. • Remove the board-A case lid and pull out the transformer connectors (primary and secondary) from the circuit board-A. Removing instructions see ”Replace the Circuit Board-A” • Remove the driving motor. Removing instructions see ”Replace the motor and Adjust the motor belt tension”...
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