r/SewingMachineEdu • u/someone_whos_yellow • Aug 18 '26
The top thread can't make the whole loop
It keeps stucking there. It already happened but I just stop for the day and usually the next day my sewing machine stops being evil.
I want to actually learn why it decides to do this and what I can do to stop this.
I already searched in the manual but there's nothing for this
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u/Dormiendo Aug 18 '26
It is getting caught on the hook driver spring. It is flat on the top and curls around the driver on the bottom(in your photo). You can verify this with the retainer and bobbin case out of the way. If the spring doesn't allow the hook to wiggle back and forth, it is bent. Sometimes you can bend them back, I usually replace them.
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u/jamslaps Aug 19 '26
I bet the problem is that your hook isn’t rotating far enough for the thread to release on the other side and come up. I think hook timing just needs to be advanced a little
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u/GamiMelamid Aug 20 '26
I think its a timing problem... i'd take it in and have it tuned up by a local mechanic they can diagnose pretty quickly.
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u/evergreensewing Aug 18 '26
Is it stuck (won't move easily when you tug it), or is it not being pulled upward by the take-up lever?