[amayausers.com] Re: Terrible grinding noise!

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We had a horrible noise on our 'big red'and even had a needle bar seize 
up...back in the beginning. Dick Beauregard told us about the additional oil 
needed on the needle head 'bar'-20 drops instead of the original 8 I 
think...also, how to add extra oil on the needle rods themselves by removing 
the magnetic cover. A year or so later, the maintenance instructions were 
changed to 20 drops. Not sure if XT's have the same thing-but ever since the 
'seize up' we ALWAYS add 2-3 drops on the needle rod half way down on the 
colors used for big runs AND the rods on either side of that color, along with 
a half dozen drops up in the 'track' slot every morning. As he explained, there 
is a 'felt pad' around the bars that holds the oil-and repeated jobs using the 
same colors heats up and evaporates the oil faster-so additional oil prevents 
that. Also, rotate your basic color spools...don't leave 'black, red, blue, 
white' etc. on the SAME number spool-rotate them around the 16 spots! This pre
 vents the overheating on those color rods! Not a single problem since then for 
3 years!

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