Help - I only have reverse

is it a button or a turning knob? One of mine does that, I just turn the knob and it usually pops back.

Hope you can fix it!

Michelle Giordano

When was the last time it was serviced? Dampness is the sewing machine's worst enemy and salt air is especially corrosive. Both stainless and alloy components oxidise in salt-air. Aluminium in particular is short lived, and turns to powder.=20

Take a look at one sewing machine with a bad case of it:

-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20

--Mae West=20

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It's a lever and no amount of punching it makes any difference. At this point I'm preparing to tear the machine apart myself tomorrow and see if I can free what ever it is that's stuck.

Wish me luck!

Barb

Thanks for the info Irene. I answered your post on the other news group.

Barb

G'day Barb

I had this happen to a basic machine that I bought secondhand earlier this year. It hadn't been cleaned or serviced for so long that the grease had gone black and hardened, so I took all the covers off the machine and proceeded to clean off all the gunk-grease with an old toothbrush and turps. Naturally I put a piece of cloth to soak the excess but when I put the machine back together found I only had reverse, so I had to remove the covers again. In doing so, I found the reverse bar with a hook at both ends, had dropped out of where it should be located and once I hooked this back into the eyes at either end, all was OK.

Hope this helps? Maybe the grease in your machine has gone hard as it was in this one that I bought?

Br> I just pulled out my two year old Brother XR-65 to make a new winch

Thanks for the info Bronwyn. I'll keep a lookout for gunky grease and hooks that might not be in their proper place. In fact, it could very well be that the hooks came loose when we came back up to Puerto Vallarta from Zihuatanejo last season. It was a VERY lumpy sail and I haven't used the machine since then.

Barb

Barb........I can't think of the site I checked, and didn't bookmark it either, but you might find it by doing a google search. From memory I searched 'how a sewing machine works' or something like that. I had never taken the covers off a sewing machine previously and wasn't sure what to expect.

The reverse bar in my Janome was along the front at the bottom and it was approx 130-140mm (5 inches) long.

Since I've had those covers off that machine I'll continue to do the servicing, but the embroidery machines will go to someone who is qualified.

H> Thanks for the info Bronwyn. I'll keep a lookout for gunky grease and

Thanks Browyn, I appreciate your input. I hope I can find the answer tomorrow. It's midnight here now and I'm off to rest. I'll post my findings tomorrow.

Barb

These things are best done when you are refreshed. Sleep tight!

Br> Thanks Browyn, I appreciate your input. I hope I can find the answer

Graham's poor little corpsed Featherweight! Yes, nowt to do but cry over that one!