Hello, Rod or Sharon has just posted in the Machines & Hardware forum of AmayaUsers Discussion Boards under the title of XTS not trimming. This thread is located at http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5781-XTS-not-trimming Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** It may be that the pushrods that drive the cutter/selector assembly have been bowed or are bent not allowing the assembly to travel its required stroke to be able to pickup the top and bobbin thread. You would have to remove the large lower back plate from the back of the machine and inspect the wire pushrods to see this.... Or....it may be that the cutter/selector module is defective or malfunctioning. If the thread is being picked up but not being cut when the selector retracts, it means only two things...either the module is bad or the pushrod wire(s) are/is bowed or bent and the system is out of adjustment. If this is happening as much as you have indicated It may be time on this one to contact Melco for a tech support call..... they may decide to replace the module, sorry.. 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 ===========================================================