Handiquilter ProStitcher Lite - Troubleshooting Gear, Lubrication, and Pattern Issues

40 | Pro‑Stcher Lite for the HQ Simply Sixteen www.ProStcher.com
Problem/Symptom Correcve Measure
The black gears do not engage the blue Flexirack
When the quilng machine is pushed by hand,
the horizontal and/or vercal crosshair lines do
not move.
Make sure the black gears fully engage the blue rack.
Use the manual engagement/disengagement tool to
adjust them. Insert into the opening at the front of the
EZ Carriage.
The X‑ and/or Y‑axis gears are only parally engaged
Stched designs appear jagged or wobbly. The
system may be skipping teeth when running,
resulng in a shiing of the design on the quilt.
With the Pro‑Stcher Lite powered and the
motors engaged and enabled (locked in
posion), pressing the machine side to side
or front to back allows a lile moon, but the
black gear does not rotate.
If there is moon in the X‑axis (le/right), check
the X‑axis gear assembly and make sure nothing is
prevenng the assembly from springing downward and
pung pressure on the blue rack. If the moon is in
the Y‑axis (front/back), make sure the blue rack and the
black gear are properly aligned and adjust if necessary
by loosening the two Y‑axis bracket mounng screws
and shiing the Y‑axis bracket le/right and reghtening
the screws. If the black gear is not pressing upward
enough on the blue rack to fully engage the gears, it
may be necessary to install shim washers between the
quilng machine base‑plates and the Y‑axis bracket to
drop the bracket a lile.
One or more of the pulleys/gears on the X‑ or Y‑axis assemblies are loose
Stched designs appear jagged or wobbly.
With the Pro‑Stcher Lite powered and motors
engaged and enabled (locked in posion),
pressing the machine side to side or front to
back allows a lile moon, and the black gear
does rotate.
Monitor the motor assembly while engaged and
enabled to determine which gear or pulley is slipping. It
will most likely be either the gear mounted directly to
the motor sha or the gear mounted to the sha that
drives the black gear. Use the appropriate hex wrench
to ghten both sets of screws on the gear. The motor
gear requires a 1/16‑inch hex wrench, and the larger
gear on the drive axle with the black gear requires a
5/64‑inch hex wrench.
Lubricaon required between black gears and blue Flexirack
When the Pro‑Stcher Lite carriage levers
are engaged, squeaking can be heard as the
machine is pushed or driven.
Lubricate the teeth of the black plasc gears for both
the X‑ and the Y‑axes by applying a small amount of
silicone lubricant to the teeth of the black gears. Do not
use a solvent‑based or an oil‑based lubricant (such as
WD‑40 or sewing machine oil), as this will aract dust
and eventually clog the gears.