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Adjusting the Needle Height
1. Remove the lower thread guide plate and thread
catcher panel.
2. Remove the bobbin case.
3. Push the needle bar down to engage the needle bar
clutch.
4. Turn the handwheel to set the index disk at 5º.
5. Loosen the needle bar supporter screw.
6. Insert the needle bar height gauge into the hook.
7. Adjust the needle bar height so the tip of needle slightly
touches the gauge.
8. Adjust the direction of needle clamp as illustrated below
(the needle clamp screw is at 5 o’clock). Tighten the
setscrew.
9. Remove the needle bar height gauge.
10. Turn the handwheel to set the index disk at 270º.
11. Attach removed parts.
Setscrew
Needle bar
height gauge
Approximately 30°
(5 o’clock)
