6. Maintenance and Care of Your Machine
Cleaning
The sliding parts of the shuttle race body and the hook must be cleaned regularly so that lint does not accumulate.
REMOVING SHUTTLE HOOK
1. Raise needle to its highest position.
2. Open the shuttle race cover.
3. Take out bobbin case.
4. Push latch levers down and remove retaining ring.
5. Remove hook by grasping center post of hook.
NOTE: When needle is lowered, hook cannot be removed.
CLEANING SHUTTLE RACE
1. Remove accumulated lint and thread from the retaining ring, hook, driver and race body with brush.
2. A cloth dampened with machine oil should be used to wipe shuttle race clean.
3. Clean shuttle hook in the same manner as above.
4. Reassemble.
CLEANING FEED DOG
1. Take out free arm upper plate by loosening the screw on it.
2. Clean upper part of feed dog and shuttle race body with brush.
