Chapter 8 Standard Adjustment

3. Adjustment of Clearance Between Needle and Rotary Hook

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1. Turn the power switch off.

q2. Select the needle bar No. 1 q.

The illustration at the left shows the case of BES- 961BC. For BES-1261BC, the No. 12 needle becomes 9.

3.Remove two flat screws w and dismount the needle plate e.

4.Turn the pulley B until the pulley indication mark "3" and the stop mark "NH3" are aligned.

5.Turn the rotary hook r manually so that the rotary hook point is aligned properly.

6.Loosen the set screw y on the side of the bed t.

7.Turn the eccentric screw u on the left side of the bed t using a regular screwdriver and adjust a clearance between the needle and the rotary shaft to 0.3 ~ 0.5 mm.

8.Adjust the clearance between the needle and the rotary hook's point to 0.3 ~ 0.5 mm at the needle bar No. 9 i (No. 12 needle for BES- 1261BC).

Note) If the clearance between the needle and the ro- tary hook point is not within the range of 0.3 ~ 0.5 mm, adjust again as described in the step r until the needle bar No. 1 or No. 9 (No. 12 for BES- 1261BC) whichever has the smallest clearance may not be interfered by the rotary hook point.

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Brother BES-961BC, BES-1261BC instruction manual Turn the power switch off Select the needle bar No q
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BES-961BC, BES-1261BC specifications

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