List Of Symptoms - Brother 885-E35 Operation Manual

List of symptoms

■ Before sewing
Symptom
The needle
threader cannot be
You have not moved the needle holder
used.
to its highest position.
(For models
equipped with the
needle threader
The needle is incorrectly installed.
lever.)
The sewing light
The machine is not turned on.
does not come on.
The thread is not passed through the
bobbin-winding thread guide correctly.
Bobbin spins slowly. (for models equipped
Bobbin thread does
with the sewing speed controller.)
not wind neatly on
the bobbin.
The thread that was pulled out was not
wound onto the bobbin correctly. (For
models equipped with the fast bobbin
winding system.)
The thread does not
pass through the
You have not moved the needle holder
eye of the needle.
to its highest position.
(For models
equipped with the
needle threader
The needle is incorrectly installed.
lever.)
The needle
threader lever does
not lower to the
correct position. The needle has not been raised to the
(For models correct position.
equipped with the
needle threader
lever.)
While winding the
bobbin, the bobbin
You have not wound the bobbin thread
thread was wound
properly.
below the bobbin
winder seat.
■ While sewing
Symptom
The machine is not plugged in.
The main power switch is turned off.
The bobbin winder shaft is pushed to
the right.
You have not used the foot controller
properly.
The sewing
machine does not
The foot controller or the start/stop
work.
button was not pressed (for models
equipped with the start/stop button).
The presser foot lever is raised.
The start/stop button was pressed, even
though the foot controller is connected.
(for models equipped with the start/
stop button)
Possible cause
Possible cause
How to put it right
Raise the needle either by turning
the handwheel toward you
(counterclockwise) so that the mark on
the wheel points up or by pressing
(needle position button) once or twice.
Correctly install the needle.
Turn on the machine.
Correctly pass the thread through the
bobbin-winding thread guide.
Move the sewing speed controller to
the right (so that the speed will be fast).
Wind the thread that was pulled off
round the bobbin five or six times
clockwise.
Raise the needle either by turning
the handwheel toward you
(counterclockwise) so that the mark on
the wheel points up or by pressing
(needle position button) once or twice.
Correctly install the needle.
Press the needle position button.
After removing the thread wound
below the bobbin winder seat, wind
the bobbin correctly.
How to put it right
Plug the machine in.
Turn on the main power switch.
Move the bobbin winder shaft to the
left.
Use the foot controller properly.
Press the foot controller or the start/
stop button.
Lower the presser foot lever.
Do not use the start/stop button when
the foot controller is connected. To use
the start/stop button, disconnect the
foot controller.
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