6. Maintenance and Care of Your Machine ;  ; Cleaning  - Page 34

6. Maintenance and Care of Your Machine 

Cleaning  

The sliding parts of the shuttle race body and the hook must be cleaned regularly so that lint does 
not accumulate. 
 

REMOVING SHUTTLE HOOK 

1.  Raise needle to its highest position. 
2.  Open the shuttle race cover. 
3.  Take out bobbin case. 
4. Push latch levers down and remove 

retaining ring. 

5.  Remove hook by grasping center post of  

hook. 
 

NOTE: When needle is lowered, 
 

  hook cannot be removed. 

CLEANING SHUTTLE RACE 
 

1. Remove accumulated lint and thread 

from the retaining ring, hook, driver and 
race body with brush. 

2. A cloth dampened with machine oil 

should be used to wipe shuttle race 
clean. 

3.  Clean shuttle hook in the same manner 

as above. 

4. Reassemble. 

CLEANING FEED DOG 
 

1. Take out free arm upper plate by 

loosening the screw on it. 

2.  Clean upper part of feed dog and shuttle 

race body with brush. 

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