Hello,
Rod or Sharon has just posted in the Machines & Hardware forum of AmayaUsers
Discussion Boards under the title of skipping stitches on only one needle.
This thread is located at
http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?6061-skipping-stitches-on-only-one-needle
Here is the message that has just been posted:
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Ok, sounds good so far....
The cracked drive gear would be a common denominator to all 16 needles, "but it
would not rule out that the internal gear on #7 that meshes with the main drive
gear is broken." Lift the pinch roller lever, remove the pinch roller, remove
the little face plate cover and then remove the inner roller. Use a flashlite
and check down in the pocket to see if there is any thread build-up that might
keep the roller/gear assembly from turning. Also spin/turn this gear by hand (
you can reach it from the back side of the needle case ) and watch to see if
the gear tracks true and does not wobble from side to side. If it does, then it
is cracked/broken around the hub and would need to be replaced.....( not an
easy choir to do without some training ) :-{
The other possibility is that the "needle depth" has slipped, i.e. the needle
bar may have slipped up thru the clamping stud either from an inadvertent hoop
strike, needle break, or just the needle pounding up and down in dense
material, dense design, etc.
Mama, as a quick check, run your needle case over to the # 16 position and lay
a straight edge across the points of all the exposed needles. If #7 is higher
than the rest, that would be an indication that it is not going down far enough
to allow the rotary hook to pick up the thread in the scarf area. Number 16
needle should be the "only" needle that is lower than the rest at this point so
pay no attention to it during this quick check of needle depths.
Let us know how this check goes, it could be a distinct possibility this is
what the problem is so check very carefully...it does not have to be off much
to cause a problem.
Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer
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