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Adjustment Procedure
(Important) No lubrication is needed for the thread take-up lever.
(Maintenance-free mechanism)
When adjusting the thread take-up lever mechanism, the following
items shall be observed:
[Replacement of thread take-up lever]
1. Remove the needle bar ❶ and the needle bar connector ❷.
2. Draw out the needle bar upper bushing ❸.
(Caution) Be careful not to hurt the needle bar upper bushing ❸ .
Needle bar upper bushing ❸
Part No.
23608003
3. Loosen two needle bar crank setscrews ❺ of the main shaft coun-
terbalance ❹.
4. Loosen two thread take-up lever crank shaft setscrews ❼.
(The thread take-up lever support shaft ❻ is processed flat.)
5. Loosen the thrust collar setscrew ❾ of the thread take-up lever
crank.
6. Pull out the crank shaft set toward you, except the thrust collar.
7. Remove the thread take-up lever (coupling) ❽.
Thread take-up lever
(coupling) ❽
Standard specification
Specification for heavy-
weight materials
8. Reassembly can be carried out in the reverse order for disassembly.
At that time, however, the items specified below shall be strictly
observed.
9. Insert the thread take-up lever unit to the position where it comes
in contact with the main shaft counterbalance ❹. Install the crank
shaft set in the order of the thread take-up lever crank, the thrust
collar, and the arm.
10. Fix the needle bar crank setscrew ❺.
(Caution) The first screw in the revolving direction shall be made
to coincide with the flat section of the shaft.
11. Remove thrust rattles from the thread take-up lever crank shaft ❻
and fix it being pinched by the thrust collar and the E ring.
(Make thrust adjustments so that there are no thrust rattles and
the thread take-up lever crank can slide smoothly.)
12. Drive the needle bar upper bushing ❸ to install the parts of needle
bar ❶ and needle bar connector ❷.
13. Turn the hand wheel by hand several turns in forward direction and fix
the thread take-up lever crank shaft ❻ by means of the thread take-up
lever crank shaft setscrew ❼, keeping adequate needle bar centering.
(Cautions)1. Improper centering of the needle bar ❶ causes the
thread take-up lever mechanism to be loaded inad-
equately, thus greatly affecting the durability.
2. Coincidence is absolutely needed between the flat
section of the thread take-up lever crank shaft ❻
and the screw.
3. After confirming that there is no thrust backlash,
assemble the take-up lever thrust collar.
Remarks
It is positioned at a concave
0.5mm from the upper surface of
an arm.
Part No.
Thread take-up lever stroke
40174341
110mm
40191118
108mm
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Results of Improper Adjustment
○ If this section is hurt, this will be a
cause of seizure.
○ If there is thrust backlash, this will
be a cause of breakage of the
thread take-up lever.
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