Check Chart For Performance Problems; General Problems; Stitching Problems - Kenmore SWA/RS 10101 Owner's Manual

8. CHECK CHART FOR PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS
Your sewing machine is a precision
instrument, designed to give you many years
of troublefree sewing with minumum
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maintenance. If you have any performance
problem, check the list below and you'll be
able to solve the problem yourself.
GENERAL PROBLEMS
Machine does not sew.
*Hand wheel or clutch knob is not returned to
stitching position. - Push in or tighten clutch
(see page 10).
*Power line cord is not connected. -- Check
plug.
*Power/light switch turned off, -- Turn on the
switch.
Machine jams/knocks.
*Thread is caught in shuttle. -- Clean shuttle
(see page 55),
*Needle is damaged. -- Replace needle (see
page 13).
Fabric does not move.
*Presser foot not lowered. - Lower presser
foot.
*Stitch length control is set at 0. -- Set it at 24
to 6.
*Feed cover plate is attached. - Remove feed
cover plate.
*Thread is knotted under fabric.
STITCHING PROBLEMS
Machine skips stitches.
*Needle size is not correct for thread and fabric,
-- See page 14.
*Fabric is a certain knit or synthetic. - Use
"Q NEEDLE" TMand "Q FOOT"TM.
*Needle is bent or blunt. -- Replace needle
(see page 13).
*Needle is not all the way up into needle clamp.
- See page 13.
*Top thread tension is too tight. -- Decrease
top thread tension.
*Machine is not threaded correctly. - See
page 12 and 15.
*Thread is caught in shuttle, -- Clean shuttle
(see page 55).
Stitches are irregular.
*Needle size is not correct for thread and fabric.
-- See page 14.
*Machine is not threaded correctly. - See
page 12 and 15.
*Top thread tension is too loose. - Increase
top thread tension.
*Fabric is being pulled or pushed against
machine feeding action. -- Guide it gently.
*Bobbin has not been wound evenly, - Rewind
bobbin.
*There are nicks or burrs at needle plate
opening. - Replace needle plate or smooth
burrs with extra fine Emory cloth.