4M stitch maintenance ??

[Sarah at Oneway]

Need to know if anyone has any tips on the 4M stitch maintenance -- I'm having a problem removing the pinch roller and thread feed roller on needle #1. No problems on any other position except #1. Any advice??

Thanks, Sarah

[sschroed2]

There is a trick my tech taught me, but hard to explain in words but I will try.

If you take the front cover off you can easily access all rollers. But before doing so, pull several feet of thread thru all the needles & tie all the threads together at the end. This will keep them from pulling out of the needles. Then take the small plate (that says AMAYA on it) off. Loosen the 2 screws one on each side & lift the front cover off. Gently pulling it down thru threads and let it rest at the end of threads where knot is tied. You can then remove all of the rollers with ease. Cut the time it takes me to do this maintaince in half. When done slowly while holding thread knot, start pulling the front cover back up into place.

[gcannon]

I always remove the front cover when doing the 4 million maintenance- not only does this keep the stress off of the pinch roller arm on needle one; it allows me to inspect while I'm in there.