Play Of Gears For Take-Up Lever - Singer Futura Quartet FQ-4 Service Manual

18. Play of gears for take-up lever

Checking
1. If excessive noise is generated from take-up lever, there should be a problem in meshing of take-up
operating gear (A) with main shaft gear.
2. Remove front cover and check play of gear (A) by turning pulley by hand.
There should not be play at 4 positions of the gear and it should not be tightened too much.
3. Also check to see if there is no play of gear (A) vertically.
Adjustment
1. Loosen screws (C&D) fi xing eccentric gear shaft.
Rotate gear clockwise to hit slightly to another gear, this will be eccentric situation.
2. Adjust by turning gear shaft (B) slightly while pushing it with screw driver as shown, since the gear
shaft tends to pop up.
3. Tighten the screw (D) and then screw (C) securely after adjustment.
A
D
C
B
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