Troubleshooting - Kenmore 385.11206300 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting
Condition
The needle thread
breaks.
Ca use
The bobbin thread
breaks,
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t. Tl_e needle thread is not threaded properly.
2. The needle thread tension is too tight.
3. The needle is bent or blunt.
4. The needle is incorrectly inserted,
5. The needle thread and the bobbin thread are not set properly
under the presser foot at the beginning of sewing.
6. The threads are not drawn to the rear after previous sewing.
7. ]'he thread is too heavy, or too fine for the needle.
Skipped stitches
1, The bobbin thread is not threaded properly tn the bobbin
case and shuttle.
2. Lint has collected In the shuttle area,
3, The bobbin is damaged and doesn't turn smoothly,
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1. The needle is incorrectly inserted.
J 2, The needle is bent or blunt.
J 3. The needle clamp screw is loose,
i 4, The needle thread tension is lee tight.
5. The lhreads are not drawn to the rear after the previous sewing.
6, The needle is too fine for the fabric being sewn,
1. The needle is incorrectly inserted.
2. The needle is bent or blunt.
3. The needle and/or threads are not suitable |or the work being
sewn.
4. A blue needle is not being used for sewing stretch, very fine
fabrics or synthetics.
5. The needle thread I8 not threaded properly.
6. The wrong needle is being used.
Seam puckering 1.3he needle thread tension is too tight,
2. The needle thread is not threaded properly.
3. The needle is too heavy for the tabrlc being sewn.
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The cloth is not feediQg 1. The feed dog is packed with lint.
smoothly.
The machin-e doesn't
work,
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Noisy operation
1. The machine is not plugged in.
2. A thread is caught in the shuttle race_
3. The push-clutch is disengaged.
1. There is thread caught in the hook race.
2. Lint has built up in the shuttle or the shuttle race.
Reference
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Change the bobbin
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Changethe needle
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