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10. Centering of Feed Dog
Iffeeddogiscorrectlycentered,itsteethbarsmustbeinlinewith(parallelto)theslotsintheneedleplateand
mustclearbothsidesofeachneedleplateslot.Ifthisisnotthecase,adjustasfollows:
Removeneedle,presserfootandneedleplate.
Setthestitchlengthregulatingleverat“0."
Turnflywheelslowlytowardsyouuntilfeeddogisinhighestposition.
Loosenthetwoscrewswhichholdthefeeddog.
InstallfeeddogcenteringgaugeNo.70226inplaceofneedle
plate.Feeddogwilltherebybelinedupautomatically.
Tightenthetwofeeddogscrewsafterthisadjustment,
removegauge,andreplaceneedleplate.
Setthestitchlengthregulatingleverat"4”forward(longeststitch)andcheck,whilemachineruns,whetheror
notthefeeddoghitstheneedleplate.
Followsameprocedureforreversesewingbysettingstitchlengthregulatingleverat"4”reverse.
Iffeeddoghitsneedleplate(clickingnoisewhenmachineruns),removeneedleplate,loosenfeeddogscrews
slightlyandmovefeeddoglightlyforwardorbackward(asrequired)untilfeeddogclearsneedleplate.
RecheckwithfeeddogcenteringgaugeNo.70226toseewhetherfeeddogisstilllinedup.Readjustif
necessary.
Removegauge,thenreplaceneedleplate,presserfootandneedle.