I've broken the upper looper in my singer serger ( can't tell you how, but I
did) went on ebay and purchased a
replacement part. I though i would screw in but I can't. it's a different
screw then any in the entire machine
and I can't seem to get it out ........what do I do now ??????? SOME ONE , ANY
ONE
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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What you should do is bring your machine to a qualified technician. That
said it is an Allen wrench you need for most of them.
LOL!!! I was going to suggest that as well. I did some searching,
but without the model number ("singer serger" is a little vague) it
is difficult to offer help. :-} I wonder if OP knows how to time
that looper...
That would be easy if "qualified technicians" didn't charge an arm and a le
g! Once we start sewing, we have to become qualified technicians, because n
o machine sews without needing adjustment. What you SHOULD do is put a tuto
rial on YouTube - I'm sure you'll get lots of views, and therefore eventual
ly some benefit! BTW, I'm awaiting arrival for an upper looper as we speak,
and I am a big-time do-it-yourselfer!
leg! Once we start sewing, we have to become qualified technicians, because
no machine sews without needing adjustment. What you SHOULD do is put a tu
torial on YouTube - I'm sure you'll get lots of views, and therefore eventu
ally some benefit! BTW, I'm awaiting arrival for an upper looper as we spea
k, and I am a big-time do-it-yourselfer!
Golly, let's hope Wanda has had her serger repaired
since she originally posted her question back in
NOVEMBER 2013.
That "qualified technician" you are criticizing is a regular
contributor to this group, and often provides very detailed
instructions. However, certain jobs are beyond the skill-set (or
tools) of home sewists and SHOULD be undertaken by professionals.
Do you do all your own car/home/boat repairs? LOL
So very correct Beverly, There are fewer and fewer of us around. The reason
is the lack of business, at one time a person could make a fair living as a
repair tech, not so much these days. If I was much younger I would be gone
but after 38 years and who would hire a guy over 60 anyway.
One day soon there will be no repair shops and you will be buying disposable
junk to sew with.
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Gah, bite your tongue!!! :-O
I am so unhappy about the situation for my Singer embroidery
machines, I will have to drive to Arizona for the only shop which
still does the recommended 3,000,000 stitch service, the only local
shop damaged one of my machines last time I let them touch it.
OR, could I bring them to you? Do you (are you allowed to) do any
Singer Quantum XL5000 & 6000 service? Not under warrantee, and the
machine are sewing just fine, I just want to keep up with routine
cleaning and lubing. If you can do it, I have two machines, I can
drive across country in the fall. I would love to see my DGD
perform at Juilliard, so I could make it a dual purpose trip. ;-)
I'm about to put my Bernina in for a full service and that will cost me
$AU180 which at today's exchange rate is $US131. I count that as money
well spent.
Not "one day" Ron. "Right now" is when there is a lot of such crap
being bought out there in consumer land.
Ron, I did not mean to imply that Singer "owned" you, but I am
familiar with the difficulties you had with them a few years back,
and I would never want to be responsible for contributing to your
legal costs. ;-}
I could drive to Mesa, AZ faster, but my DGD is in NYC, and that
makes *that* trip much more desirable. I do not really want to pack
and ship my two machines. If I can find someone who can spare the
time (ten+ days) to make the road trip with me, I will seriously
look into doing it.
I'll keep you posted as to my plans.
Still needing to find the answer for the upper looper arm replacement as the 2.5 Allen wrench I’ve tried is not budging the bolt at all. I’ve tried loosening with oil, tri-flow, acetone- in case the bolt was secured with lock-tight and still no go. The upper looper needle arm bent when the needle suddenly dropped down while sewing. I caught it time to do further damage- I have the replacement part and the two technicians I took it to wouldn’t touch it without asking for $250 and said it wasn’t worth fixing. I believe it it is and have faith there are better technicians who can answer this simple question: how do you loosen the 2.5 hex bolt that secured the upper looper arm to the shaft on a Singer 14SH654? Please help.
On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:30:04 +0000, SandiPayne
sewing. I caught it time to do further damage- I have the replacement part and the two technicians I took it to wouldn?t touch it without asking for $250 and said it wasn?t worth fixing. I believe it it is and have faith there are better technicians who can answer this simple question: how do you loosen the 2.5 hex bolt that
secured the upper looper arm to the shaft on a Singer 14SH654? Please help.
This isn't specific to sewing machines, it's generic advice for
dealing with recalcitrant screws.
First thing, try turning the screw the other way. Odds of it being a
left-hand thread are tiny, but if it is you'll save yourself a world
of frustration.
Next, try 50-50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone--old
machinst's trick (note--if your car has an automatic transmission you
can probably drip enough off of the transmission dipstick to do the
job--you only need a drop or two--no need to buy anything).
Next, try heating the screw. A cheap soldering iron should work fine.
Let it cool then more automatic transmission fluid with acetone.
You're trying to expand the hole a tiny bit with thermal
expansion--once the screw cools it should be a tiny bit looser fit. If
that doesn't work heat it again and try to turn it hot--the heat will
overcome any Loctite or the like.
If that doesn't work, you're probably going to have to destroy the
screw to get it out, so get a replacement screw.
If you've got an impact driver give it a shot. Don't go buy one
though.
Try vise-grips on the screw head. They'll bugger up the screw and may
break it. They'll also scratch the part it's holding but you're
replacing that anyway. If the screw breaks you've now got the pieces
disassembled and no tension on the screw, so the remains should come
out easier.
If you can't get any useful result with the vise-grips, it's time to
grind the head off--a Dremel with a cutoff wheel is probably your
best bet for this, but if space is tight a carbide cutter will do.
Again once the head is off, with no tension on the remains of the
screw it should come out easily.
I just experienced the same problem with a Singer 14u34 serger. I used pliers to rotate what was left of the broken upper looper and this loosened the screw so that I could get it out. I plan to order a new upper looper but am wondering how to set the screw. If it ever was a hex screw, it is apparently stripped. The indention in the top of the screw is round now which I don't understand because I have never had this part replaced.
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