Original issue Service Manual Jun. 2012 Page 2/19 TABLE OF CONTENTS Model HZL-12Z DISASSENBLING OUTER PARTS FEED DOG HEIGHT NEEDLE HEIGHT HOOK OF NEEDLE THREADER PRESSER FOOT HEIGT NEEDLE POSITION, STRAIGHT STITCHING NEEDLE SIDE MOTION FEED DOG CLEARANCE TO NEEDLE PLATE...
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Service Manual Jun. 2012 Page 3/19 1.DISASSENBLING OUTER PARTS (1) Model HZL-12Z (1) Removing a face cover Take out 2 screws and remove a face cover. (2) Removing a front cover 1. Take out 2 screws on a bottom surface.
Jun. 2012 Page 4/19 1. DISASSENBLING OUTER PARTS (2) Model HZL-12Z 3. Take out 2 screws of a thread guide plate. Loosen one of them and take off thread guide plate. Just loosen it. 4. Take out 2 screws and take off a switch cover.
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Jun. 2012 Page 5/19 1. DISASSENBLING OUTER PARTS (3) Model HZL-12Z 6. Extract a length control dial 7. Take off a side-on connection putting a hand in a hole of length control dial. Take off a connection of a needle bar.
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Jun. 2012 Page 6/19 1. DISASSENBLING OUTER PARTS (4) Model HZL-12Z (3) Taking off a back cover. 1. Pull out a switch cover after taking out screws. 2. Pull out a back cover backwards and take it off. *It is possible to do test sewing by attaching a thread guide plate(set).
Jun. 2012 Page 7/19 2. FEED DOG HEIGHT Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Set the stitch length control at “maximum”. 2. Turning a hand wheel by hand, bring up feed dogs to their top position. 3. Check if feed dog height is 0.89 – 1.09 mm from upper surface of a needle plate.
Jun. 2012 Page 8/19 3. NEEDLE HEIGHT Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 Set the zigzag width at “maximum”. Turning a hand wheel by hand, bring a needle to its right hand and lowest position. Then bring it to the center of a needle plate eyehole by turning the zigzag width control dial.
Original issue Service Manual Jun. 2012 Page 9/19 4. HOOK OF NEEDLE THREADER Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking and adjustment〕 Adjust position of a hook by using one of accessories, a small screw driver when a hook is not aligned.
Service Manual Jun. 2012 Page 10/19 5. PRESSER FOOT HEIGT Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Raise a presser foot lifter. 2. Lower feed dogs below the upper surface of a needle plate by turning a hand wheel. 3. Check if clearance between a presser foot and a needle plate is approx. 5.5 mm.
Jun. 2012 Page 11/19 6. Needle position, Straight stitching Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Set the zigzag width at “0”. 2. Turning a hand wheel by hand, bring a needle to its lowest position. 3. Check if a needle comes to align with dent mark at the left end of a needle plate eyehole, at this needle position.
Jun. 2012 Page 12/19 7. NEEDLE SIDE MOTION Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Set the zigzag width at “Maximum”. 2. Turning a hand wheel by hand, observe needle movement from its right hand bottom position upward through a needle plate eyehole.
Jun. 2012 Page 13/19 Model 8. FEED DOG CLEARANCE TO NEEDLE PLATE HOLE HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Set the stitch length control at “maximum”. 2. Turning a hand wheel by hand, check and see if clearance(a) between a front edge of feed dogs and that of a needle plate hole at the extreme front end position of feed dogs, and clearance(b) between a rear edge of feed dogs and that of a needle plate eyehole at the rear end position of feed dogs, are approximately the same.
Jun. 2012 Page 14/19 9. NEEDLE TIMING TO SHUTTLE Model HZL-12Z [Attention] Before proceeding to this section, 3. NEEDLE HEIGHT must be checked first. 〔Checking〕 1. Remove a bobbin case and a shuttle race cover from a shuttle race. 2. Set the zigzag width at “maximum”.
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Page 15/19 10. CLEARANCE BETWEEN NEEDLE AND Model SHUTTLE HOOK POINT HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Remove a bobbin case and a shuttle race cover from a shuttle race. 2. Set the zigzag width at “maximum”. 3. Turning a hand wheel by hand, bring up a needle from its right hand and lowest position, until a shuttle hook point comes to align with left side of needle.
Jun. 2012 Page 16/19 11. SHUTTLE SHAFT RATTLE Model HZL-12Z < Checking the engaging of a shuttle shaft and a rack> 〔Checking〕 1. Make sure that there is no rattle in a shuttle shaft. Make sure that there is no rattle in the directions as an arrow indicates.
Service Manual Jun. 2012 Page 17/19 12. THREAD TENSION Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Set the length control dial at “5”. 2. Check tension number by putting polyester thread #60 through tension plates and pulling it. 3. Keep 22 - 28 g at the tension of a dial.
Jun. 2012 Page 18/19 13. ADJUSTING MOTOR BELT TENSION Model HZL-12Z 〔Checking〕 1. Remove a face cover. 2. When pushing between an upper shaft of a belt and a motor at 200 g, loosen 2 gnats(1) as it bows 7mm.
Page 19/19 Model 14. ADJUSTING BUTTONHOLE PITCH BALANCE HZL-12Z *Adjust the length control dial among indicated range for BH sewing. *It is possible to change forward pitch with length control dial in this model. Follow the following directions to change backward pitch though it is usually fixed.