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X-Drive Cable Removal
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This repair requires timing and other adjustments and should be done only by an authorized
service technician.
The x-drive cable should be replaced when excessive wear and tear or fraying of the cable is noticed. It is
critical that the instructions given for the replacement of the x-drive cable be strictly adhered to as im-
proper installation, especially tensioning, of the x-drive cable will lead to failures very difcult to trouble-
shoot, especially in the x/y registration during embroidery operations.
If you tension the x-drive cable too high, it will cause premature wear on the x-axis servo motor and will
cause problems with the x-axis registration. Typically, the symptoms of an x-cable tensioned too high will
be narrow stitch length on x-axis stitching.
If you tension the x-drive cable too low, it will cause problems with the cable slipping on the pulleys and
increase the amount of time it takes the x-motor to move to specic positions. Typically, the symptoms of
an x-cable tensioned too low might be x-move timeouts, x-tracking errors, or stitch length being too long
on the x-axis.
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CAUTION!! Use extreme care not to damage the cable and protective coating during assembly.
If the protective coating is damaged, the cable will wear out very fast impacting the quality of
the sew outs.
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CAUTION!! At any time when the machine is either powered down or in E-Stop mode, neither
the X-carriage nor the X-beam should be moved at a high rate of speed. If there is a desire to
manually move either the carriage or the beam, they should be pushed or pulled GENTLY to
prevent serious damage to the main control board.
X-Cable Removal Procedure:
1. Remove the left and right arm covers.
2. Remove the upper arm back cover.
3. Move the x-carriage all the way to the right (as seen from the front of the machine) until it comes
to a hard stop. All references to the windings of the x-cable and other adjustments will be based
on the x-carriage being positioned all the way to the right at a hard stop.
4. Wrap tape around the windings of the cable on the x-drive cable spool to keep the cable from
slipping off the spool and to keep the windings on the spool correct.
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