What screws need to be tightened on Singer 7463 after M5 Screw has been adjusted

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Hassy

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• Posted on Aug 27, 2009

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Check the timing of the needle to the hook.
Here is a guide to generic principles of Timing

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Hi. Hm.........it might be that you have the flat side of the needle facing the wrong way. Check your instruction book to be sure. Another thing to check would be that the screw is going in straight. If it's slanting up or down, the screw might be getting stuck before it gets to the needle.

There have been times when I've gone back to the instruction book and ********** the parts again, just to make sure I was turning the right screw. (It happens!)

Another possibility I've run into is that the needle slips down while I'm tightening the screw. So (this might sound weird), I put the needle in as far as it will go, then use my index finger under the point of the needle to hold it in place. (yeah, ouch!)

Hope this helps!

Tally Girl

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• Posted on Mar 02, 2011

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Have you changed the needle since you purchased it? A needle should be replaced every 4-6 hours of stitching so for each garment sewn as a rule of thumb. So try replacing the needle, cleaning and oiling the maachine as per the manual. Check needle is in the correct way, it is easy to put in backwards if you aren't familar with them, flat shank to the back and there is usually a scarf (cut away area) at the back of the needle which is where the rotary hook under the needle plate comes around to catch the upper thread during the stitch process. So if needle is in backwards this will cause stitching to fail.

So elimate the needle firstly.

If this fails and the knocking noise continues, then it could be that the timing has been knocked out. It can happen if you sew over a pin and hit it hard (or the needle strikes the foot if stitch setup is wrong for the foot being used). In this case, you'll need to take it back to the shop for the serviceman to fix.