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SERVICE MANUAL
SEWING MACHINE MODEL
385.11206300
MARCH, 2003

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  • Page 1 SERVICE MANUAL SEWING MACHINE MODEL 385.11206300 MARCH, 2003...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS LOCATE AND IDENTIFYTHE PARTS ..........WlNDTHE BOBBIN ................. PREPARE YOUR TOP THREAD ............WHAT TO DO WH EN ............... SERVICE ACCESS FACE COVER ..............REAR COVER ..............FRONT COVER ..............MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT TOP TENSION ..............BOBBIN TENSION ............PRESSER BAR HEIGHT AND ALIGNMENT ....

  • Page 3: Locate And Identifythe Parts

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 LOCATE AND IDENTIFY THE PARTS BOBBIN WINDING TENSION DISC BOBBIN WINDING SPINDLE THREAD TAKE-UP LEVER BOBBIN WlNDER STOPPER THREAD GUIDE TOP THREAD TENSION CONTROL FACE COVER PLATE STITCH SERECTORL NEEDLE PLATE REVERSE LEVER EXTENSION TABLE (ACCESSORY STORAGE BOX) SPOOLPIN HANDWHEEL...

  • Page 4: Wlndthe Bobbin

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 WIND THE BOBBIN PULL THE HANDWHEEL OUT. DRAW THREAD FROM THE SPOOL. GUIDE THE THREAD AROUND THE THREAD GUIDE. THREAD THROUGH THE BOBBIN WINDER TENSION DISK "A" AND THE HOLE IN THE BOBBIN FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE. PLACE BOBBIN ONTO BOBBIN WINDING SPINDLE "B"...

  • Page 5: Prepare Yourtopthread

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 PREPARE YOURTOPTHREAD FOR THREADING THE MACHINE, FOLLOW THE NUMBERS IN ORDER AS SHOWN ON THE ILLUSTRATION. DOTTED LINES SHOW THE PLACES WHERE THE THREAD LOOPS AND THEN IS PULLED TIGHT. RAISE THE PRESSER FOOT LEVER. PLACE A SPOOL ON THE SPOOL PIN, WITH THREAD...

  • Page 6: What To Do When

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 WHAT TO DO WHEN CONDITION CAUSE HOW TO FIX REFERENCE 1. SKIPPING 1. NEEDLE IS NOT INSERTED INSERT THE NEEDLE PROPERLY. STITCHES PROPERLY. 2. NEEDLE IS BENT OR WORN. CHANGE THE NEEDLE. 3. INCORRECTLY THREADED RETHREAD.
  • Page 7 SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 3 85.11206300 CONDITION CAUSE HOW TO FIX REFERENCE 3. BREAKING 1.1NmALSEWlNG SPEEDIS START WITH MEDIUM SPEED. UPPER TOO FAST. THREAD 2. THREAD PATHIS USE THE PROPER THREAD INCORRECT. PATH. 3. NEEDLE IS BENT OR DULL. REPLACE WITH A NEW NEEDLE. ADJUST UPPER THREAD 4.
  • Page 8 SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 CAUSE HOW TOFIX REFERENCE CONDITION 6.NOISY P.16 BACKLASH BETWEEN SEE MECHANICAL OPERATION SHUFFLE HOOK GEAR AND ADJUSTMENT "CLEARANCE LOWER SHAFT GEAR IS TOO BETWEEN NEEDLE AND HOOK GREAT. (NO.2)". LOWER SHAFT GEAR IS ELIMINATE THE LOOSENESS.

  • Page 9: Service Access

    ;51--WINL_ MAL;HINI'- L)IV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 SERVICE ACCESS FACE COVER TO REMOVE REMOVE SCREW "A". TAKE THE FACE COVER "B" OFF. NOTE: WHEN REMOVING THE FACE COVER, PULL IT UP AND UNHOOK FROM THE HOOK "C". TO ATrACH FOLLOW THE ABOVE PROCEDURE IN REVERSE.

  • Page 10: Rear Cover

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 SERVICE ACCESS REAR COVER REAR COVER TO REMOVE REMOVE THE FACE COVER (SEE PAGE 7). REMOVE THE SCREWS "A", "B", "C", "D", AND RUBBER CUSHION "E" (2 PCs.), AND THEN REMOVE THE REAR COVER. TO ATrACH...

  • Page 11: Front Cover

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 SERVICE ACCESS FRONT COVER PATTERN SELCTOR DIAL TO REMOVE REMOVE THE FACE COVER AND REAR COVER (SEE PAGES 7, 8.) PULL OUT THE PATI'ERN SELECTOR DIAL. LOOSEN THE SCREWS "A", "B" AND REMOVE THE SCREWS "C", "D", "E", "F"...

  • Page 12: Mechanical Adjustment

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT TOP TENSION TO CHECK: THE STANDARD UPPER THREAD TENSION SHOULD BE 65 - 95g WHEN PULLING THREAD (COTTON THREAD #50) IN THE DIRECTION OF "A" WITH SETTING TENSION DIAL AT "3". (MAKE SURE THE FOOT SHOULD BE LOWERED.) IF THE TENSION IS OUT OF THE STANDARD...

  • Page 13: Bobbin Tension

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT BOBBIN TENSION TO CHECK: BOBBIN IN THE BOBBIN CASE PASS THE THREAD (COTTON #50) THROUGH THE TENSION SPRING. THE BOBBIN THREAD TENSION SHOULD BE 45 - 55g WHEN PULLING THE THREAD THE DIRECTION OF "A".

  • Page 14: Presser Bar Height And Alignment

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 3 85.11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT PRESSER BAR HEIGHT AND ALIGNMENT TO CHECK: RAISE THE PRESSER FOOT LEVER. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PRESSER FOOT "C" AND THE NEEDLE PLATE "D" SHOULD BE 6.0MM (0.24"). ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE: REMOVE THE FACE COVER (SEE PAGE 7).

  • Page 15: Needle Swing

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT NEEDLE SWING TO CHECK: ADJUST THE NEEDLE SWING ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE, IF THE NEEDLE BAR STARTS MOVING SIDEWAYS WHILE THE NEEDLE IS IN THE FABRIC SEWING THE ZIGZAG PATTERN (WITH MAXIMUM ZIGZAG WIDTH).

  • Page 16: Needle Drop

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT NEEDLE DROP TO CHECK: WHEN THE NEEDLE SWINGS IN MAXIMUM ZIGZAG WIDTH, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BOTH ENDS OF NEEDLE HOLE IN THE NEEDLE PLATE AND THE NEEDLE DROP POSITIONS SHOULD BE EQUAL. IF NOT, MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT AS FOLLOWS: ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE:...

  • Page 17: Clearance Between Needle And Hook (No.l)

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN NEEDLE AND HOOK (NO.l) TO CHECK: THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN NEEDLE AND SHU3-rLE HOOK SHOULD BE 0 -0.15 IF NOT, MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT AS FOLLOWS: ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE: REMOVE THE FACE COVER (SEE PAGE 7). SET THE PATrERN SELECTOR DIAL AT MAXIMUM ZIGZAG WIDTH, AND TURN THE...

  • Page 18: Clearance Between Needle And Hook (No.2)

    SI-WINL5 MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN NEEDLE AND HOOK (NO.2) TO CHECK: USE THIS ADJUSTMENT METHOD NO.2 IF THE CLEARANCE CANNOT BE ADJUSTED WITH THE METHOD NO.I. THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN NEEDLE AND SHUTTLE HOOK SHOULD BE 0 - 0.15 MM. ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE: 1.

  • Page 19: Feed Dog Height

    SEWING MACHINE DIV,20 MODEL 3 85.11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT FEED DOG HEIGHT MACHINE SE'n'ING STITCH SELECTOR: NEEDLE BAR: AT ITS HIGHEST POSITION. TO CHECK: RAISE THE PRESSER FOOT. PLACE THE FEED DOG HEIGHT GAUGE #68367 "A" ON THE NEEDLE PLATE. TURN THE HANDWHEEL TOWARD YOU BY HAND AND CHECK THE FEED DOG HEIGHT.

  • Page 20: Needle Bar Height

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385. 11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT NEEDLE BAR HEIGHT MACHINE SETFING STITCH SELECTOR: TO CHECK: OPEN THE SHUTTLE COVER. REPLACE THE NEEDLE WITH THE TEST PIN #68368 "A". REMOVE THE SHUFFLE HOOK AND INSERT THE RADIAL TIMING GAUGE #68366 "B" ONTO THE SHUFFLE DRIVER.

  • Page 21: Needle Timing To Shuttle

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT NEEDLE TIMING TO SHU'n'LE MACHINE SETTING STITCH SELECTOR: "l • TO CHECK: OPEN THE SHU-I-I-LE COVER. REPLACE THE NEEDLE WITH THE TEST PIN #68368 "A". REMOVE THE SHUFFLE HOOK AND INSERT THE RADIAL TIMING GAUGE #68366 "B"...

  • Page 22: Buttonhole Feed Balance

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT BUTTONHOLE FEED BALANCE TO CHECK: WHEN SEWING BUTTONHOLE, THE STITCHES ON EACH SIDE OF BUTFONHOLE SHOULD BE THE SAME STITCH DENSITY. THE RANGE OF 9-11 STITCHES IN THE RIGHT SIDE ROW "BACKWARD FEEDING"...

  • Page 23: Adjustment Of Right Hand Line Tack Width And Cam Follower Release Amount

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT OF RIGHT HAND LINE TACK WIDTH FOLLOWER RELEASE AMOUNT THE WIDTH OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE LINE TACK OF BUTTONHOLE SHOULD EQUAL. IF THERE IS LARGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT LINE TACK WIDTH,...

  • Page 24: Motor Belt Tension

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT MOTOR BELT TENSION TO CHECK: TOO TIGHT OR TOO LOOSE MOTOR BELT TENSION MAY CREATE BELT NOISE AND ALSO TOO TIGHT MOTOR BELT TENSION CAN CAUSE THE MACHINE TO RUN SLOW AND WILL OVERLOAD THE MOTOR.

  • Page 25: Wiring

    SEWING MACHINE DIV,20 MODEL 385.11206300 WIRING WIRING FOR MACHINE SOCKET UNIT M : MOTOR L : LAMP P : POWER SWITCH...

  • Page 26: Oiling

    SEWING MACHINE D IV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 OILING FACTORY LUBRICATED PARTS WILL PROVIDE YEARS OF HOUSEHOLD SEWING WITHOUT ROUTINE OILING, BUT CHECK ROT POSSIBLE LUBRICATION NEEDS WHENEVER SERVICING MACHINES. USE GOOD QUALITY SEWING MACHINE OIL AT THE POINTS "A", "B", "C", "D", "E"...

  • Page 27: Special Tools Required

    SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.11206300 SPECIAL TOOLS REQUIRED _REW DRIVER FEED DOG HEIGHT GAUGE #68367 DRIVER TEST PIN #68368 © ALIEN WRENCH RADIAL TIMING GAUGE #68366...

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