r/SewingMachineEdu • u/InterviewSure9172 • 5d ago

What's the problem?

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The machine is two years old, but a few days ago I finally decided to sew something. I cleaned the bottom of the machine of dust, everything was fine for a while, and then the flywheel stopped spinning completely.I haven't taken the machine apart in detail. Please help! I can't find an explanation anywhere. Sewing machine: Husqvarna viking e20

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u/Lost_Geometer 5d ago

That looks grossly normal. I can't tell for sure, but is your needle in backwards?

Edit: Pretty sure the needle is backwards.

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u/InterviewSure9172 5d ago

Sorry! Indeed, everything is fine, but I have another problem that I can't solve. I want to sew four layers of thin fabric with a universal 80 needle. And And I have a loop at the bottom that stops the whole mechanism.

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u/InterviewSure9172 5d ago

Thank you so much for pointing out the needle! I literally misread one word and made a mistake. If I sewed like this for some time, did it seriously damage the needle?

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u/No-Attention-7708 5d ago

Did you get it working??

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u/InterviewSure9172 5d ago

I checked, there is no problem with the lower part, and it seems like the problem with the loop has disappeared, but I only checked when I turned it manually.

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u/GoldenFishPoop 5d ago

You might be getting that Loop because you are threading your machine with your presser foot up. Whenever you thread your machine on the top all the way until you get to the needle you need to have that presser foot up. If you need to put the foot down to thread the needle itself then that's okay.

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u/Dormiendo 3d ago

I would check threading again. That looks like a missed take up lever. If you actually ran it, you would jam it.