Threading the Z9 Head with Rotary Thread Break Sensors
1. Take the thread through the slotted post of first tensioner.
2. Take the thread to the right side of the sensor wheel and wrap clockwise one turn.
3. Pull the thread to the right of the tensioner assembly and wrap it clockwise one
and one-half times around the metal wheel and over the take-up spring.
NOTE: To ensure proper threading, pull the thread down, and check that
the take-up spring bounces up and down with the thread movement.
4.
Thread through the top thread guide.
5. Thread through the next guide.
6. Thread through the next guide
7. Pass the thread to the right of the take up lever, then through the next thread guide
from back to front.
8. Thread the eyelet in the take-up lever from right to left.
9. Thread through the next thread guide.
10. Reach underneath the apron and push the thread keep pin forward, so the thread
can go through the hole, then pass the thread through the last eyelet.
11. Optionally, thread the small pigtail that circles the needle, immediately below the
apron. Either pass the thread through from the top, or pass it through the
small opening on the right side of the pigtail. See Fig. 1
12. Thread the eye of the needle from front to back and pass the thread
through the large hole in the presser foot.
1-14 X Series Mechanical Guide
Fig. 1
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