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30 Maintenance
Trouble shooting
Problem Solution
Fabric does not feed well - Lengthen stitch length.
- Increase presser foot pressure for heavyweight fabric.
- Decrease presser foot pressure for lightweight fabric.
- Check the differential feed.
Needle breaks - Insert needle correctly.
- Do not pull fabric while sewing.
- Tighten needle set screw.
- Use a larger size needle on heavy fabrics.
Thread breaks - Check threading.
- Check for tangled or caught thread.
- Insert needle correctly.
- Insert new needle, current needle may be bent or have a blunt point.
- Use high quality thread.
- Loosen thread tension.
Skipped stitches - Insert new needle, current needle may be bent or have a blunt point.
- Tighten needle set screw.
- Insert needle correctly.
- Change type or size of needle.
- Check threading.
- Increase presser foot pressure.
- Use a high quality thread.
Irregular stitches - Balance thread tension.
- Check for tangled or caught thread.
- Check threading.
Fabric puckers - Loosen thread tension.
- Check for tangled or caught thread.
- Use high quality lightweight thread.
- Shorten stitch length.
- Decrease presser foot pressure for lightweight fabrics.
- Check the differential feed.
Irregular trimming - Check alignment of cutters.
- Replace one or both cutters.
Fabric jams - Check for tangled or caught thread.
- Compress thick layers of fabric with conventional machine before sewing
with overlock.
Machine does not operate - Connect machine to power source correctly.