Replacing The Gear Of The X-Carriage - Janome MC400E Service Manual

MC450e

Replacing the Gear of the X-carriage

Remove the setscrews (A).
Gear set plate
Pulling down the gear set plate and the gear (A), remove
Gear (C)
Setscrews (A)
them.
Set a new gear (A) on the gear set plate.
Attach the gear set plate with the new gear (A) on the
X-carriage and temporarily tighten the setscrews (A).
Move the gear (B) so that the gear (B) comes in contact
with the gear (A).
Move the gear (B) in the direction of the arrow so that
the gear (B) comes in contact with the gear (C).
Tighten the setscrews (A) firmly.
Be sure that there is no play between the gears (A) and
(B), nor between the gears (B) and (C).
Slide the Y-carriage by hand and check if Y-carriage
moves smoothly.
Gear (B)
Gear (A)
Attach the covers
Attach the bed cover, base plate and thread cutter cover
follow the above procedure in reverse (refer to pages 1,
2, 3).
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