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Slide Plate and Slide Plate Spring:
1. To remove the slide plate, first remove the needle plate and presser foot. See picture (1).
2. Slide the plate forward until it is free from the hold down spring. You’ll need to lift the front up over the feed dogs.
See picture (2).
3. To re-install the slide plate, place the plate up against the spring, and using a small tension type screwdriver, gently lift
one side of the hold down spring and position the spring in the slide plate guide, repeat for the other side. See picture
(3).
4. To replace the slide plate spring, loosen the screw by turning clockwise. This is a left hand thread. See picture (4).
5. Insert the horseshow part of the spring around the holding screw, and gently lift the left side up onto the bed frame. See
picture (5).
6. Center the spring on the frame, and gently apply pressure to the spring by pushing it downwards, and tighten the holding
screw. See picture (6).
7. Check for properly alignment by slide the plate back and forth a couple of times. It should slide rather freely.
8. Check for proper slide plate pressure resistance. If the spring doesn’t have enough holding pressure, the slide plate will
feel loose, and will come back off easily.
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2
Slide the plate forward, or towards the back of the machine.
Lift the front of the plate over the feed dogs and remove.
Remove these items
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4
Loosen this screw, turn clockwise
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6
Place the horseshoe around the holding screw. Lift the plate onto the
frame, and tighten the holding screw.
Push the spring downwards
and tighten the screw.
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