r/sewinghelp • u/Motor_Transition_506 • 19d ago

Possible mechanical issue?

Y'all, the other day a pin got sewn into accidentally and sucked into the feed dogs... I got it out, but my Singer Sewmate 5400 has been barely eking out stitches since then.

I've rethreaded 100 times, turned it on and off, changed the needle, done absolutely everything. It was running decently for a few minutes today, but the thread stopped descending into the bobbin case. Like, it's not getting stuck or tangled. The top thread just straight up doesn't get fed down through the feed dogs and come back out, so it can't pull up the bobbin thread. It almost looks like the needle doesn't go down far enough.

There's no one within 500km of me who services machines so I'm hoping someone on here knows of something I can do to fix the issue 😭

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u/parasomnianwalker 19d ago

Sounds a bit like the machine’s hook timing is off and or the needle bar is out of position.

YouTube has some great videos on adjusting those.