[amayausers.com] Re: Needle Breaks...ughh!!!!!!
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Kim,
The curved piece that you mentioned and adjusted is the hook retaining support
finger. It keeps the hook basket in position and keeps it from spinning freely.
When adjusting this finger it "must" be gauged from the face of the finger to
the hook basket properly. In your starter kit there is a flat metal gauge
supplied for this very purpose. You have to bend the tip of the gauge slightly
to be able to fit it between the support finger and the slot in the hook basket.
You also need to check your hook timing ( head timing ) to see if you have
slipped/spun the rotary hook on the shaft when it locked up in the beanie.
Check your manual for this information.
There are many things that may have happened....if the knife and selector
working properly? Is the needle coming in contact with either of these? Is the
needle oriented properly (groove forward---scarf to the rear )? Is the needle
"centered" in the needle plate hole, on all 16 needles?
To keep breaking needles can also cause more damage----scarring of the rotary
hook face---which will mean excessive thread breakage/fraying...etc...
You need to either turn the machine off or engage the E-Stop and turn the
Z-Axis shaft over by hand to see where the needle is going, what it may be
coming in contact with and determine what is causing it to hit
something.....and yes it may mean a tech call if you cannot see what the
problem is right up front....
Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer
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