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TO REMOVE
AND
REPLACE
ARM
SIDE
SHIELD WICK, NEEDLE BAR
WICK
AND
NEEDLE
BAR
CONNECTING
STUD
WICK
(See Fig.
54)
Arm
side shield wick
may
be
removed,
ofter
re-
moving
face
plate
and
two
screws
U3. Lift
arm
side
shield
V3
up
and
out
of
machine.
When
replacing
arm
side
shield
wick,
make
sure
that
lower
end
of
wick
drops
into
oil
pool
beneath
needle
bar
crank
and
that
the
two
upper
wick
loops
ore
located
as close as possible to
the
needle
bearings
at
F3, Fig.
55
without
touching
them.
Then
replace
and
securely
tighten
screws
U3.
To
remove
needle
bar
wick
and
connecting stud
wick,
move
toke-up
lever
H3,
so
that
it
does
not
inter-
fere
with
removal
of
oil
guard
W2.
Then
remove
face
plate
and
screw
R2;
lift
toke-up
oil
guard
W2,
with
the
two
wicks,
up
and
out
of
machine.
When
replacing the oil
guard
W2,
which
carries
the
needle
bar
wick
and
connecting
stud
wick,
make
sure
that
lower
end
of
the
stud
wick
drops
into
oil
pool
behind
lower
needle
bar
bushing
and
that
the
loop
of
needle
bar
wick
is
placed
behind
the
needle
bar,
as
shown
in
Fig.
54.
R2
~~t~~
~~~~~~.
U3,
.
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~
··>
~.:.-:-HJ
V3-~~,-,
':
¼,
.•.
~;.·
.:W2
n""""--'
.
-~
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:.
'•,
SIDE'l.., · · . . .
··
;;.:....
..
'
WICK
'
.
11,
.
STUD
WICK
Fig.
54.
Arm
Side
Shield
Wick,
Needle
Bar
Wick
and
Connecting
Stud
Wick
TO
REMOVE OIL
WICK
HOLDER
(See Fig.
55)
Oil
wick
holder
includes
two
oil
wick
leaders
(see
Fig.
56)
and
an
oil
wick
for
the
needle
bar
link
and
for
the
two
sets
of
needle
bearings
in
the
thread
toke-up
as
shown
in
Fig.
55.
It
is
removed
in
the
following
manner:-
l.
Remove
face
plate, needle
bar
and
upper
needle
bar
bushing
from
the
machine,
as
instructed
on
page
33.
2.
Remove
upper
section
of
presser
bar,
as
in-
structed
on
page
33.
3.
Remove
holder
screw
W3.
4.
Pulling
gently,
draw
entire
oil
wick
holder
as-
sembly
out
of
the
head
of
the
machine.
Fig.
55.
Wick
Loops
for
Needle
Bar
Link
and
Thread
Take-up