My pfaff 260 won't turn over, and I suspect the motor brushes, one (cannot get to other) of which looks very worn, and short, so there is little spring pressure against the armature.. The power cord is fine, the speed control knee switch checks out, and the motor will occasionally do a partial rev,then stop. None of the gears nor drive is frozen. Anyone here know how to get the motor free from the base of the machine for brush maintenance, or can you direct me to a technical/maintenance sewing machine newsgroup or website? The lower brush is blocked by a drive axle,and it looks like hell to remove the motor to access the brush screw on that side. Thanks, Roger
Pfaff 260 - how to get at motor brushes
May 31, 2006
3 Replies
No idea myself, but the Wefixit Yahoo group will know! :)
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As a vintage Pfaff lover/owner myself, my two favourite resources are:
Yahoo Groups: OldPfaffPhourum
Brubaker's Sewing Center 1-717-354-8332
The old Pfaff forum is a group of like minded Pfaff lovers dedicated to the old mechanical Pfaff machines.
Brubakers is my hands down favourite sewing dealer as well as resource for new and old Pfaff parts and such. Their repair department is simply the best.
Best of luck to you,
Candide
My Pfaff has a loose plug where the foot feed plugs into the machine. It causes exactly the problems you describe. For some reason the plug in is not tight and sometimes will even fall out.
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