[amayausers.com] Re: Presser Foot Hitting Needles

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Guys and gals,

The presser foot will fatigue and have a tendendcy to bend forward toward the 
back side of the needle......especially if you are doing caps. The presser foot 
will slide down the sloping crown/seam of the cap and doing this at 8 to 1200 
stitches a minute, it is no surprise that this little piece of metal will flex.

The answer is to check this often and simply bend it back so that there is 
sufficient clearance between it and the needle. Just because a tech checked it 
last week does not mean that this particular presser foot now decides to say 
"Hey, yoo-hoo, it's my time to get tired! Think I will just bent for a while."

The way to fix this problem is also simple. Take a medium size flat blade 
screwdriver, put it (part of the blade tip)flat/verticle up against the center 
of the curved portion of the bottom of the presser foot and push back with just 
enough force to bend the presser foot slightly back to a clearance position. It 
doesn't take all that much pressure to get results.

You did not say why your one Big Red was out of commission? Is it just because 
the pressure foot is still bent or did it hook up badly enough that you now 
have some dropped needle bars?? If it is just the presser foot is bent--bend it 
back....simple as that....you may have to go into maintanance--steppers and 
click on the color change home position to get the needle case back into sync 
if it is beween needles and will not cycle to a headup position.......

Rod Springer
Amaya Tech and Trainer

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