Pfaff 483, 481 service manual Clearance between presser foot and needle plate

14 Clearance between presser foot and needle plate

Requirement

With presser bar lifter 1 raised there must be a clearance of 5 mm between presser foot and needle plate.

Note: When the presser foot is raised to its top position upon actuating the knee lever fully or by means of the automatic presser foot lift -910/.. there must not be any contact between presser foot bush 6 and presser foot.

	2
	4
3
	5
1	6
	10 mm
	5 mm

●Lower presser bar lifter 1 to rest the presser foot on the needle plate.

●Turn out regulating screw 2 to lower the pressure on the presser bar.

●Place the 5-mm-thick blade of the gauge under the presser foot fulcrum.

●Loosen screw 3 and raise presser bar lifter 1.

●Let the needle penetrate the needle hole of the presser foot and adjust the presser foot so that the needle is centered in the needle hole of the presser foot.

●Press lifting bracket 4 downwards onto the raised lifting lever 5 and tighten screw 3.

●Remove the gauge and lower the presser foot onto the needle plate.

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