Janome MyLock 744 Servicing Manual page 16

TO ADJUST THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN
1. Remove the left needle only.
2. Turn the handweel toward you to bring the tip of the lower looper from the left hand to the rear
side of the right needle.
3. Loosen the hexagonal socket screws A on the front needle guard and open a space between
the front needle guard and the needle.
4. Next, loosen the hexagonal bolt B and slide the lower looper unit to the front or to the back to
adjust the clearance between the right needle and the lower looper. The clearance should be
0 mm to 0.05 mm.
Retighten the hexagonal bolt B.
Rear needle guard
Lower looper
Lower looper bace
THE NEEDLES AND THE LOWER
LOOPER/NEEDLE GUARDS
Front needle gurde
Hexagonal bolt B
Front needle
guard
Needle #11
0 to 0.05 mm
Lower looper
14
(2 of 3)
Hexagonal socket
screws A
Rear needle guard