Service Manual
Original issue
May 2014
Page
33/64
Model
XL-420
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Meshing condition of shuttle race gear and lower shaft gear
1.
Check meshing condition of gears after adjustment.
Check play of the gear at 4 positions –each 90 degree angle of 1 rotation of shuttle
race.
No play on 1 positions to save too loose condition – play on other 3 positions to
save too tight condition.
Adjustment of play between shuttle gear and lower shaft gear is made by turning
eccentric ball bushing (A).
*loosen screw (B) on pressing plate so that the ball bushing (A) may be turned.
*Turn the ball bushing (A) in either way by using concave portion.
*The ball bushing is to be placed with mark (C) positioned at upper side within angle
of 180 degrees
3. Tighten the screw (C) securely after adjustment.
A
C
B
One rotation of main shaft
will rotate shuttle by two
revolutions.
There should be some
space between those two.
SEC.12-2 Needle timing to shuttle hook (2)