Rethreading the Serger

Threading the lower looper

Open the looper cover.

Place the spool of thread on the right side spool pin.

•Lower looper threading points are marked in green.

•A convenient threading chart is placed on the machine body which is located inside the looper cover.

(_ Thread guide Thread guide plate

Lower looper thread tension dial Thread guide plate

(_ Lower thread guide

(_ Lower looper thread guide 1 Lower thread take-up lever Lower looper thread guide 2 Lower looper thread guide 3

(_ Lower looper thread guide 4 Lower looper

NOTE

If you remove the needle plate, the threading points of lower looper are easier to see. Make sure the thread is not caught by the needle plate when replacing the plate after threading.

When threading, the lower looper pre-tension setting slider must be set at the STD. position as illustrated.

Lower looper pre-tension setting slider

Draw the thread through the right side thread guide (_ from back to front.

(_ Thread guide

•If the thread slips out from the thread guide groove while

serging, pass the thread through the thread guide hole as shown.

Pass the thread through the holes on the right side of the thread guide plate as illustrated.

Thread guide plate

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385.166551 specifications

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