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Symptom

Probable Cause

Remedy

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While winding the

 

 

 

 

 

bobbin, the bobbin

You have not wound the bobbin

After removing the thread wound

 

 

 

thread was wound

below the bobbin winder seat,

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thread properly.

 

 

below the bobbin

wind the bobbin correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

winder seat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread is not passed through the

Correctly pass the thread through

 

 

 

 

bobbin-winding thread guide

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the bobbin-winding thread guide.

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bobbin thread does

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move the sewing speed controller

 

 

 

not wind neatly on

Bobbin spins slowly.

to the right (so that the speed will

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the bobbin.

 

be fast).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread that was pulled out was

Wind the thread that was pulled

 

 

 

 

not wound onto the bobbin

off round the bobbin five or six

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correctly.

times clockwise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabric being sewn

Thread is tangled below the needle

Lift up the fabric and cut the

 

 

 

with the machine

threads below it, and clean the

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plate.

 

 

cannot be removed.

race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fabric feeds in

 

Contact your dealer or the nearest

 

4

the opposite

The feed mechanism is damaged.

authorized service center.

direction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The upper thread

The bobbin thread is incorrectly

Correctly install the bobbin

page

 

 

has tightened up.

installed.

thread.

26, 144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread is

 

 

page

 

 

tangled on the

You have not threaded the upper

Correct the upper threading.

 

 

wrong side of the

thread properly.

28, 145

 

 

 

 

 

fabric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brother 285C, 885-U22 operation manual Below the bobbin winder seat Thread properly

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