Singer 457 Repair

You'll get a lot of help to do thisd if you pop over to Yahoo groups and join Wefixit. :) We are dedicated to keeping old sewing machines working there, and there are lots of folk who will know just what to tell you.

Here's a GREAT site for Singer machine repair. You'll see your stylist model listed there. Terry is a wonderful resource for parts and how-to information on replacing gears in vintage Singer machines.

Wefixit Yahoo group is great, but is more of a generalist discussiongroup and doesn't have specific info in the files about actual SingerStylist gear replacement; more than likely the folks there will pointyou to Terry's site anyway!

-Irene

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You need to take the 5 screws out of the face plate and remove it, then there is a small access plate with 3 screws in the center of the machine. The gear has 1 screw in it and the shaft drops out the bottom. To time it the needle bar has 2 marks on it. The upper one is for bottom dead center. When the needle rises in the operating direction to the lower mark the point of the hook must be central to the needle and just above the eye.

Thanks Ron.

It took me a while to work out what the different named bits were, but after that I got the gear changed and the timing set up again. I even sorted out the bobbin tension that had been plagueing me for some time. It's all working fine again.

Regards,

Glad to help

Beverly

I have better success getting my pet rock to jump through the hoop ;)

Sorry!

This is even more strange considering Singer dealers aren't exactly thick on the ground. It's almost like they're deliberately cutting their own throats. Around here, I have to go to another state to find a dealer - not something I want to do in the dead of winter when the snow and ice on the mountain passes is causing so many accidents.

They started catering to the mass retailers years ago. If Wally world dumps them I'd bet they go belly up I am sure that if I was buying $10,000.00 a month from them it would be a real different story.

That situation is not just affecting Singer Dealers... I have a Babylock Esante ESe machine (among others - lol), and at this moment, I would have to drive 150 miles each way to the nearest Brother dealer if I wanted some sort of service.. And forget about finding an actual Babylock dealer... There simply are none to be found.

I think my embroidery arm needs to be cleaned and lubed, and I will be darned if I can find out instructions on this procedure, and I will be hanged if I will drive that distance for something that simple.

During my research, I did find instructions for the Singers (XL 1000,

5000, & 6000). mumble, mumble

me (annoyed with the Babylock company at the moment)

Link? ;-)

The instructions are in a PDF file in the "files" area of a Yahoo! Group I belong to for PSW users, SewAmused...

me

Well, they'd still have amazon.com, HSN, Target, Costco and some other big boxes. I would think it would be discouraging for Singer dealers to visit the company's website and find that a large percentage of the company's product is only available at Mall-Wart or Amazon. Of course, if that product is no better than some of the other machines available at places like Wal-Mart, the independent dealers are better off without such junk, and junk is a very polite description for some of the throw-away machines I've had the misfortune to come across.

Money talks.

gwh

Do you have Sue's workbooks? I'm just wondering if they're worth the investment. Of course, she just had them on sale.....

Yes, I have 4 of the workbooks (I hate, hate, hate the PSW manual)... I have "SewAmused to be Digitizing", "Sew Amused to be Multihooping" "Ultimate Editing", & "Herbies World & Antsy about Applique" ...

I think that they are about the best resource I have found so far for PSW 2.00a. I think they are definitely worth having, especially when they go on sale..

Pat recently uploaded one lesson/chapter to the files area as a free sample..

me (did I menti>me wrote:

Thanks. It's definitely something for me to seriously consider when I get to the machine.

BTW, what's your take on the PSW manual? *whistling innocently*

I just joined the group, went to "files" and searched, but maybe it's been removed? I could not locate any file name which looked remotely like being a maintenance/repair manual for the XL5000. :-(

Thanks anyway,

Beverly

Biggest POS ever!

Beverly