Brother 885-X16, X18, X08, X26, 885-X28 Turn off the machine Raise the presser foot lever, Guide

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1Turn off the machine.

2Raise the presser foot lever.

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1Presser foot lever

3Raise the needle by turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the wheel points up.

•If the needle is not correctly raised, the sewing machine can not be threaded.

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1Mark on the wheel

4Pull up the spool pin and put a spool of thread on this pin.

CAUTION

●If the spool of thread is in the wrong place, or is set incorrectly, the thread may tangle on the spool pin and cause the needle to break.

5While holding the thread from the spool with your right hand, pass the thread

toward you, in the groove on the thread	1
guide.

•Make sure that the spring in the groove catches the thread.

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1Spring

6Feed the upper thread as shown in the following illustration.

7Make sure you guide the thread through the thread take-up lever from right to left as shown in the following illustration.

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1 Thread take-up lever

Memo

●If the thread take-up lever is lowered, the upper thread can not be wrapped around the thread take-up lever. Make sure you raise the needle by turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the wheel points up.

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