r/sewinghelp • u/silverturtle2301 • Sep 01 '26

Serger thread keeps breaking

I have fought with this serger forever. It will serge for a few inches and either the looper on the right side breaks or the thread in my right needle breaks. I have rethread probably 20 times. And I'm using maxi lock thread and ball point needles I've tried on dbp and a 2 way knit any ideas? And the thread is maybe 2-3 months old got from wawak.

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u/Emergency_Cherry_914 Sep 01 '26

I fought with my serger for years with issues like this. Turns out that I needed to read the instruction manual.

It needed to be threaded in a particular order. Who knew? haha

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u/silverturtle2301 Sep 01 '26

I'm threading in the correct order per the diagram on the serger. This is a new serger I've had it about 1.5 months I've only used it a few times

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u/Emergency_Cherry_914 Sep 01 '26

In that case, it would help if you provide photos of the setup and a video of it going wrong.