This message was posted by Rod or Sharon 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/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/1/1062.html#000002 Kristie, Gregs advice on items to check is right on, but just reading your description means that several things may be going on depending on just "what" you did during the maintanence. You say the knife goes back and forth, but you did not say whether the "selector" that has the fish hook on it also goes back and forth. You can command these to move in and out individually (XT's only) by going into maintanence, steppers and selecting their respective columns labled "cutter" or "selector". Check to make absolutely sure that the push rod wires are connected to the knife carrier and also properly attached to the selector. Big Reds have the cutter and selector as a one piece item so do not have separate columns for testing purposes. The spring clip that must be removed "must" be replaced properly so that the pin fits up into the hole in the top of the clip and securely snaped into place on both sides. If by some chance you took out the one screw that holds the housing block assemblyto the sewing arm that both the knife and selector fit onto......well lets just say that we hope you did not do that....readjusting the housing block assembly, depending on the individual machine can be very critical at times.... Rod Springer Amaya Tech & Trainer =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================