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I have a Huskylock 460D and the thread keeps coming out of the lower looper. Can you help?

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Un thread your needles before threading the Lower looper. thread lower looper, then thread needles and your good to go

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 28, 2008

SOURCE: lower looper thread jammed in tube

my husband took a very thin stainless steel wire and very carefully put it through th eloop and the thread came out the eother end and and I could see how bunched up it was inside.
I hope this will help others

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  • Posted on Jun 09, 2008

SOURCE: threading the bernina 1300DC serger

These things are always complicated when you try to write them down, so I suggest a call to your local Bernina dealer to arrange a quick lesson on how to do it.

If you can go back to the dealer whence it came, so much the better..........perhaps you could go in and buy some things you need and then as you are leaving, make the enquiry with the machine in your car, they may be able to show you how to do it right away......building relationships is a very good way of feeling comfortable about asking for help.

Also..........
If the manual diagram is too small, a local library or stationery supplier should be able to magnify a photocopy for you to see it all more easily.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 25, 2008

SOURCE: lower looper threader

check to make sure it is not wraping around the upper looper. just stitch without the material and you will see it. but then you must rethread the upper looper and the lower looper again in the right order. hope this helps

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 22, 2009

SOURCE: threads fine, lower looper breaks after serging three inches

tight for thread in loower looper

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 29, 2009

SOURCE: thread continually breaking in lower looper needle

I was having this very same problem with my lower looper . I had been using the one needle stitching all afternoon and I was doing quite nice stitching. then I decided to put the right needle back in and do some overlock stitching and guess what I spent the next two hours fighting the looper problem. I had completely re-thread this machine at least 20 times now. I decided to take the needle out and re-insert it and re-thread it one more time (right lower looper- then upper looper- right needle- then left needle) was careful to pull all threads to the back and under the presser foot for about 6 inches.
Held on to the thread, lowered presser foot and did the chaining stitch. BINGO it didn't break, tried it with a piece of cloth and Perfect stitches. I have a Babylock BL402 and used tension settings left to right
4-3-3-3 and default settings for the rest.
Hope this helps someone someday.
Jo Griffith

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1. Raise the presser foot by using presser foot lever. When the presser foot is raised, the two thread tension discs in the thread tension control panel are released so that thread passes freely between them. Otherwise thread tension may not be correct.

Important! When threading the needle, always be sure to lift the presser foot lever, and also take care to thread in the proper order.

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1. Upper looper thread (green)
2. Lower looper thread (blue)
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5. Left needle thread or double chain needle thread (yellow)

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Easy threading mechanism (for lower looper)
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