Kenmore 385.15358 - Manual (Page 7)

SEWING machíne DIV. 20 MODEL 384. 15358
CONDITION CAUSE HOW TO FIX REFERENCE
3. BREAKING
UPPER
THREAD
1. INITIAL SEWING SPEED IS
TOO FAST.
2. THREAD PATH IS
INCORRECT.
START WITH MEDIUM SPEED.
USE THE PROPER THREAD
PATH.
3. NEEDLE IS BENT OR DULL. REPLACE WITH A NEW NEEDLE.
4. UPPER THREAD TENSION IS
TOO STRONG.
ADJUST UPPER THREAD
TENSION CORRECTLY.
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5. NEEDLE SIZE IS
INAPPROPRIATE FOR
FABRIC.
USE APPROPRIATE NEEDLE
AND THREAD FOR FABRIC
IN USE.
6. NEEDLE EYE IS WORN. CHANGE THE NEEDLE.
7. NEEDLE HOLE IN NEEDLE
PLATE IS WORN OR BURRED.
REPAIR THE HOLE OR
REPLACE THE NEEDLE PLATE.
4. BREAKING
BOBBIN
THREAD
1. INCORRECTLY THREADED
BOBBIN CASE.
2. TOO MUCH THREAD IS
WOUND ON THE BOBBIN.
THREAD BOBBIN CASE
CORRECTLY.
ADJUST THE POSITION OF
STOPPER.
3. LINT IS STUCK INSIDE THE
HOOK RACE.
CLEAN THE HOOK RACE.
4. THREAD QUALITY IS
TOO LOW.
CHANGE TO A HIGH QUALITY
SEWING THREAD.
5. THREAD IS JAMMING
AROUND THE BOBBIN.
CLEAR OUT THE JAMMING
THREAD.
6. BOBBIN THREAD TENSION IS
TOO STRONG.
ADJUST BOBBIN THREAD
TENSION CORRECTLY.
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5. NEEDLE
BREAKS
1. NEEDLE IS HITTING THE
NEEDLE PLATE.
SEE MECHANICAL
ADJUSTMENT “NEEDLE DROP.”
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2. NEEDLE IS BENT OR WORN. CHANGE THE NEEDLE.
3. NEEDLE IS HITTING THE
HOOK RACE.
SEE MECHANICAL
ADJUSTMENT “CLEARANCE
BETWEEN NEEDLE AND HOOK”.
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4. THE FABRIC MOVES WHILE
THE NEEDLE IS PIERCING
IT, OR THE NEEDLE ZIGZAGS
WHILE IN FABRIC.
SEE MECHANICAL
ADJUSTMENT “NEEDLE SWING”.
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5. FABRIC IS BEING PULLED TOO
STRONGLY WHILE SEWING.
GUIDE THE FABRIC GENTLY
WHILE SEWING.