Care Of Your Machine; Cleaning The Feed Dog; Dismantling And Assembling The Hook Race; Troubleshooting - Janome HF106 Instructions For Use Manual

25. Cleaning the Feed Dog

Screws
Remove the needle and presser foot.
Remove the 2 setscrews and remove the needle plate.

26. Dismantling and Assembling the Hook Race

Raise the needle to its highest position
and open the hook cover. Open the
bobbin case latch and pull out the
bobbin case out from the machine.

Troubleshooting

Problem
The needle thread breaks.
The biobbin thread breaks.
The needle breaks.
Skipped stitches
Seam puckering
Stitches form loops on the
wrong side of the fabric.
The cloth is not feeding.
Noisy operation

Care of Your Machine

Hook race ring holder
Open the hook race ring holders.
Rremove the hook race ring.
Take out the hook race ring and
shuttle hook.
1. The needle thread is not threaded properly.
2. Needle thread tension is too tight.
3. The needle is bent or blunt.
4. The needle is incorrectly inserted.
5. The thread is either too heavy or too fine for the needle.
1. The bobbin thread is not threaded properly.
2. The bobbin thread is too tight.
3. Lint has collected in the bobbin case.
1. The needle is incorrectly inserted.
2. The stitch selector has been turned when the needle is in the fabric.
3. The needle is too fine for the fabric being sewn.
1. The needle is incorrectly inserted or bent.
2. The needle and/or thread is not suitable for the fabric being sewn.
3. The Blue Tipped needle is not used when sewing stretch, very fine or
synthetic fabrics.
4. The needle thread is not threaded properly.
1. The needle thread tension or bobbin thread tension is too tight.
2. The needle and/or bobbin thread are not threaded properly.
1. The needle thread tension is too loose.
2. The needle is either too heavy or too fine for the thread.
3. The needle and/or bobbin thread are not threaded properly.
1. The feed dog is packed with lint.
1. The feed dog or shuttle hook is packed with lint.
2. The shuttle hook needs oiling.
Clean out dust and lint clogging on the feed dog with a
lint brush.
Replace the needle plate and secure it with the
setscrew.
Clean the hook race with a lint brush
and soft dry cloth.
Clean the shuttle hook.
Replace all the parts by following the
procedure in reverse.
Cause
Reference
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