Brother PC 8500 - Manual (Page 173)

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Utility
Stitches
Characters
and
Decorative
Stitches
Embroidering
Editing
Embroidery
Patterns
Retrieving
My
Custom Stitch
TM
Maintenance
Error
Messages
Trouble shooting
Sewing
Chart
Patterns
(Programmed
in Machine)
Patterns (Memory
Card)
Sewing
Setting Up
5
Always keep the machine clean.
1. Turn off the power and remove the presser
foot holder and the needle.
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3
1
2. Loosen the screws. Using the metal disk
provided.
3. Remove the needle plate.
1 Needle plate
4. Turn the balance wheel towards you, and
align the notch of shuttle with the shelf of race
edge angle, and remove the shelf of race.
1 Notch of shuttle
2 Shelf of race
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5
2
1
1 2
5. Take out the shuttle.
6. Remove accumulated lint and thread from the
inner shuttle and race with a brush or a
vacuum cleaner.
1 Race
2 Shuttle
7. Set the shuttle by aligning the shuttle
projection with spring of the stopper.
1 Projection
2 Spring
* Lint and dust accumulated in the race will
sometimes cause poor stitching or
malfunction of bobbin thread sensor.
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2