Hello, Rod or Sharon has just posted in the Machines & Hardware forum of AmayaUsers Discussion Boards under the title of Amaya XT not trimming 90% of the time. This thread is located at http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5702-Amaya-XT-not-trimming-90-of-the-time Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** Tricia, The picture explains it all. Your machine is definitely an XT. The new XTS machines have a different style of trimmer called the ACAT. It operates differently than a standard XT trimmer. The wire/pushrods are severely bent and your trimmer will not function properly with the wires bent as the picture shows. They must be straight! You might try to straighten these but this amount of bending will fatigue the wires and they will be prone to bend easier in this area than before....hence Melco saying, replace them. It would be difficult to explain the complete process, short of writing a book, of replacing these wire pushrods and the final adjustment of the selector and trimmer/knife positions. The fact that you adjusted the knife and selector positioning with the wire in this bent condition simply means that the pushrods are continuing to flex even more. This probably means that the selector and trimmer are not being allowed to move fully throughout their required stroke, thereby the selector not picking up the bobbin and top thread and pulling it back underneath the under thread presser spring and hold it so the knife can now fire and cut the bobbin and top thread......but, the knife cannot do it's job because of the wires flexing in the bent area....vicious circle. You do need to replace these pushrods as they are severely bent....as I said they must be straight. In the Tech manual, be sure you are referencing the XT machine and not the XTS version. Follow the instructions in the replacement of these items very closely. Usually just saying , well, that is close enough, referring to the final adjustment will not be successful. It must be done correctly or the trimmer will not operate correctly. The root cause of this condition? Usually lack of lubrication and/or debris building up in the trimmer area. These things need to be cleaned and lubricated on a more regular basis than what the timers will tell you to do. Do not be afraid to use more oil than what the pop-up timer says to use.. Hope all of this helps.. Rod Springer Amaya Tech & Trainer *************** =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================