Adjustment
2 - 1
2 Adjustment
Before any servicing or adjustment work is carried out, the notes on safety in
this service manual and the safety notes in the instruction book have to be
observed!
Do not use a screw-clamp on the needle bar of the PFAFF 487, because this
will damage the special coating of the needle bar.
2.01 Notes on adjustment
All adjustments in this service manual refer to a fully assembled machine. Machine covers
which have to be removed for checking and adjustment work and refitted afterwards are not
mentioned in the text.
The screws or nuts indicated in brackets () are for fixation of parts of the machine and have
to be loosened before an adjustment and tightened again afterwards.
2.02 Tools, gauges and other equipment
● Set of screwdrivers with blade widths from 2 to 10 mm
● Set of open-ended spanners, 7 to 14 mm across-flats
● Set of allen keys, 1.5 to 6 mm
● Metal rule, part No. 08-880218-00
● Adjustment pin (5 mm dia.), part No. 13-030341-05
● Adjustment gauge, part. No. 61-111642-49
● Adjustment link, part No. 91-069375-15
● Adjustment foot, part No. 61-111639-20
2.03 Abbreviations
t.d.c. = top dead centre
b.d.c. = bottom dead centre
2.04 Explanation of symbols
Note, information
Service, repair,
adjustment, maintenance