This message was posted by J&O Enterprises on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/72.html#000008 Rod - OUTSTANDING explanation and information on the process of the thread and sewing action! Three stars friend!!!!!! This is one good reason to not really question why you change needles when stuff starts to go bad - just change them and see if something changes for the positive. Also, on one of my machines I did increase the needle gap slightly. It looked like the needle was almost touching the case. I used a 0.002 feeler guage to set the gap and I saw an improvement right there. I think now that the gap is fixed, I may try a "small" hook adjustment to see if that completely alleviates the problem. Thanks,!!!!!!! =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================