Wendy, Thats a good idea. The levers on this machine have always felt a little stiff anyway. The less stress on the plastic the better. Thanks for the info. Mike Itchin To Stitch wrote: >Mike, >I've noticed that it's a pretty cramped area when you are trying to remove >the thread feed roller. I'm always afraid I'm going to break that arm too >and didn't realize you can remove the red roller from the arm until someone >on the list pointed that out to me. It really does allow for easier access >to the threadfeed rollers. Just curious to see if you had done that. >Wendy Solomonson >Itchin' To Stitch >Arlington, MN >(507)964-2224 >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mike Garber" <agraphic2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: "amayausers list" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:46 AM >Subject: [amayausers] Broken Arm & Maintenance > > > > >>Morning everyone, >> >>I was doing a 4mil maintenance on a 6mo old machine. I was replacing >>the rubber wheel and the arm the red wheel is attached to snapped in >>half. I was not forcing it. >>Tech support says the whole needle case has to be torn apart to fix it >>($150.00 to have the tech come up?) This machine has been down or >>something has broken once per month since I bought it. I think I will >>wait for it to break this month before I call the tech. >> >>Does anyone have any experiance with other brands? I bought the Amaya >>almost 1 year ago and love them when they are running properly. The >>Amaya's seem to take alot of care and repair to keep them running. They >>seem very fragile. Do other brands need this kind of care and time to >>keep them up? >> >>Mike >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >