Singer 500 series Allen hex key sizes needed to replace gears?

Hmmm...Singer had two 500 series. One was the 500 series slant-o-matics, the 500 and the 503. These were all metal machines with no plastic whatsoever. They had metal gears. =20

The other machines were called, I believe, "Fashion" or "Style" Mates. These had the plastic gears. So I am wondering if your SINGER_500.pdf file is for the before-mentioned 500 model slant-o-matics and not the

522 you have.

Ron Anderson, at

probably has what youneed and can answer your questions.Changing gears is not all that difficult. You are welcome to join usover at the YAHOO Wefixit group, we're a much of sewing machine 'shadetree' mechanics. There are several 'OSMGs' ('old sewing machineguys/girls) who provide lots of help and info.

--Irene

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On 2005-08-17 snipped-for-privacy@sneakemail.com said: >Newsgroups: alt.sewing >I'm trying to replace a broken plastic/nylon feed drive gear in >a Singer 522 and while I have loosened the set screws and located >replacement gears I cannot determine what size Allen key >is needed to release the old gear. >I have a SINGER_500.pdf parts list for the the 500 series (1974 >printed in USA) >but it does not give sizes and I cannot find sizes on the web. >The manual's part nrs. for the gears are 153587 and 153490, while >this website >

>has numbers 174488 and 153487 >A picture showing the gears and shafts concerned is on page 67 of a >538 manual here: > >com/Sewing_Machine_Repair/Singer_Sewing_Machine_maintenance/S >inger_538.htm or as a tinyurl here: > >I'm hoping someone here knows, I'm guessing it uses imperial >measures and my crude measurements tell me the allen screws >are around 5/64 inch (1.98 millimetre) or 3/32 inch (2.48 >millimetre). Since I often face this problem, I have sets of hex keys, both English and metric. Look closely - there are other patterns too. Some instruments use a splined key called "Bristol".

On Sailrite.com website are a couple articles describing how to time a machine. Worked for my Bernina commercial. If there are no timing marks on the needle bar, you will need the timing dimension of needle lift from bottom, around 2mm, and a good way to measure it (I use a dial indicator).

With care and good sense, you should be successful. It isn't rocket surgery.

Tom Willmon Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA

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Italy has Singer repair shops...I had to have an American Singer repaired when we moved there. Ran it on a transformer for 5 years after! No problems.

or as a tinyurl here:> > I'm hoping someone here knows, I'm guessing it uses imperial measures> and my crude measurements tell me the allen screws> are around 5/64 inch (1.98 millimetre) or 3/32 inch (2.48 millimetre). >> Needless to say I've never repaired a sewing machine in my life!> I imagine that getting the timing right afterwards must be quite > tricky.> It's in Italy otherwise I'd just take it to a service centre.>

The screws use a 3/32" Allen key