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PROBLEM TIP or PAGEREMEDYPROBABLE CAUSE
Frequent thread
breaks.
Skipped stitches.
Oil the raceway of the hook
assembly.
Adjust the timing.
Readjust lower dead stop on
the needle bar.
Check the presser foot
where the thread passes, the
needle hole on the throat
plate, the thread guides on
the sewing head and the
tension discs for nicks and
burrs.
Correct hooped material so
it is held taut for stitching.
Adjust the height of the
presser foot.
Change the needle.
Change the needle or use a
different thread.
Install needle correctly.
Readjust the timing between
the needle and hook.
Adjust the distance between
the needle and the hook
point.
Readjust the lower dead
stop on the needle.
Use crocus cloth to smooth
out the point of the hook or
replace the hook.
Not enough oil in the hook.
Timing between the needle
and the hook is incorrect.
Incorrect lower dead stop
on the needle bar.
Thread is damaged on its
way through the thread
path.
Too much movement in the
material in the embroidery
hoop.
Incorrect presser foot
height.
The needle is bent.
Incorrect needle size for
thread.
The needle is installed
incorrectly.
Timing between the needle
and the hook is incorrect.
Too much distance between
the groove of the needle and
the point of the hook.
Incorrect lower dead stop
on needle.
Damage to the point of the
hook.