This message was posted by Juli in Kona 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/2/1512.html If you have ever used spray glue and now you have thread breaks and mis trims, you probably need to do a WD40 wash. Take the bobbin out. Take the cover off the trimmer and clean out all you can. Then surround that area with a box, towels rags etc. Take the thread out of the needle and grab ahold of the thread because you have to pull it as the machines runs to keep it from thinking there is a thread break. Now get a design that doesn't involve too much hoop movement, pull slightly on the thread you got ahold of, start the design (no hoop is on the machine) and spray the he...l out of it with the WD40 as it is running - both the top where the trimmer is and the bobbin area. It is going to be very messy, hence all the rags and towels surrounding the bobbin shaft area. It is going to fly everywhere! It should be dripping and very wet all over that area. Now, just let it sit for 20min or so. Get out your Q-tips, rags, tweezers, brushes - anything that can help you clean everything. After your 20 min, get in there and clean out everything. You might even want to remove the knife and clean all the surfaces just to make sure it is really clean. Then put everything back together. After using spray glue for years, there was a thin layer of glue on absolutely every surface in the bobbin/trimmer area. And I couldn't see a thing - and neither did my tech. Very, very thin coating that caused major havoc! Since I did that almost a year ago, my XT has had NO thread breaks or mis trims that weren't design related - and therefore could be fixed. My machine hums. I go many thousands of stitches with nary a problem. BUT, before the WD40 Wash, I was ready to throw my machine through the window. I was so frustrated!!! And now I just smile. Juli in Kona =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================