20 Most Recent Singer 5050 Mechanical Sewing Machine - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Singer manuals are available from their website.

Browse to http://www.singerco.com/accessories/instruction-manuals

and in the search field type in your model number, in this case, 5050, then click "search".

Most manuals are free to download as pdfs.

Oiling after something overheated isn't the solution. It may be needed due to the age of the machine, but not until you locate what exactly is making the smell, which may be the plastic near the bulb. I would take the cover off and sniff around to locate where the smell is coming from before oiling.

Google your machine and find the knob for reverse. either pull it out or push it in. Should be on right side of machine. Found it and it is button on right and you just turn it to forward or reverse.

Have you checked the top thread is correctly placed in the spring of the bobbin case?

sounds as if top tension is at fault, clean tensioner and reset

Have it repaired professionally.

You may have a timing or broken gear problem.

Yes, there definitely could be something wrong, but there are some things you should check. Most machines are capable of raising and lowering the feed dogs; yours might be fully or partially lowered, so that while it moves, it's not far enough up to the surface to move the fabric. Using the lever or dial, LOWER it all the way, then RAISE it all the way, but you're not finished. It will still not raise until you turn the hand wheel TOWARDS you (ALWAYS towards you on every machine) at least one and possibly two revolutions. You'll then SEE and most likely HEAR it click up. I know someone who got a steal on a Brother marked defective because the feed dogs wouldn't raise, so she brought it home, turned the hand wheel two revolutions, and viola! The feed dogs raised!

Most likely its the bobbin winder tire, under the lid, where you put the bobbin to wind it. Depending on the machine you have, it can be accessed by the side panel or possibly the top. On the right side of the machine, there should be a couple screws that will need removed, (make sure you unplug it first), and the panel will come off and you should be able to see the rubber ring from there. If not, then, you may have to take the top off to access it, in the same way. Once you have access to the ring, just pop it off and replace it with a new one. If the old one was worn, then, when you engaged the "clutch", it wasn't "catching", in order to spin. When in doubt refer to your owners manual, or paper work that came with the machine. It usually gives a break-down of how all the parts are arranged, and might simplify/clarify, "things" before you start. Hope this helps.

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Replacing timing belt. If the feed dogs still move up and down and back and forth then you just need a timing adjustment . If the feed dogs do not move at all then you need a new timing belt Hope.

Please see the shuttle timing. And change the bobbin case.