To Adjust Needle Threader Plate - Singer s18 Service Manual

(Fig. I)
Threader plate (C)
(X) view
(Fig. III)
Setting plate (G)
Needle bar
TO REPLACE NEEDLE THREADER PLATE
Pin (B)
Threader plate unit (A)
(Fig. II)
(X)
Setscrew (D)
Setscrews (E)
Hexagonal
socket screw (F)
[ To remove ]:
1. Remove the foot holder.
2. Pull out the threader plate unit (A).
[ To attach ]:
3. Push the threader plate unit (A) up to snap it
with the pin (B) as shown in Fig. I.
4. Attach the foot holder.
To adjust the position of the threader plate (C)
If the threader plate is slightly out of alignment,
loosen the setscrew (D) and adjust the position
as shown in Fig. II..
If the above way of adjustment is not applicable,
make the adjustment as shown in Fig. III as
follows:
1. Open the face plate.
Remove the 3 setscrews (E).
Remove the arm thread guide and face plate
guide.
2. When the threader plate is:
- too high, loosen the hexagonal socket
screw (F) and lower the positioning plate
(G).
- too low, loosen the hexagonal socket screw
(F) and raise the positioning plate (G).
3. Tighten the setscrew (F).
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