Broken Adler 67 hook cover ring - Compatible parts?

[andru]

I was merrily sewing today when there was a clack and sudden rattling noise from the hook on my Adler 67 (GK373), and somehow the cover ring (not sure on the terminology - hook gib?) which holds the hook in place had broken in two. There was only one screw of three left, which was holding one half of the broken cover ring in place. I suspect one of the screws was missing already (I'm not familiar enough with the machine yet to have noticed), and the other pinged off somewhere never to be found again.

If I'm reading the parts book right, the part number for a GK373 is 068 15 191 0, and the only spare I can find is at college sewing, which is on backorder. Does anyone have any further leads, or know of anyone breaking an Adler 67 or 68 who might have this part available?

Failing that, I might have to buy a new lower hook. It looks like the part number for that would be HAD68 - college sewing has one for £86+VAT but given that's almost half what I paid for the machine, I'm hesitant - any leads for a cheaper option?

I can find Chinese spares for the 167 hook HAD167 a lot cheaper. The cover ring for the HAD167 has a different part number - 167 00 191 0 but looks tantalisingly similar; though I presume that it's actually sized larger to accommodate the larger bobbin size of the 167. Does anyone know for sure?

Any thoughts, wisdom or leads welcome - Thanks!

 

 

[shoepatcher]

Ok.  the gib is broken in half.    You might try to see if you can buy just the hook Gib from Adler and the screws.  You need to find a dealer besides College.  I would look for one in Germany where Adler headquarters are.  The gib and screws should not be that much.  Anyone with an old hook for a 67 would have the gib and parts.  There is also a guy on eBay out of eastern Europe that sews a lot of Pfaff and Adler parts as well.

I know someone here in the states that rebuilds 167, 267 and 67 machines.  Let me see if he has any old hooks.   The gib for a 167 will not work since that is a bigger hook.  Screws should be the same.

glenn

[andru]

On 4/16/2022 at 11:51 AM, shoepatcher said:

I know someone here in the states that rebuilds 167, 267 and 67 machines.  Let me see if he has any old hooks. 

Thank you! That would be great. I've rung around a few repair shops in my area but they all just point me to College Sewing.

 

On 4/16/2022 at 11:51 AM, shoepatcher said:

You need to find a dealer besides College.  I would look for one in Germany where Adler headquarters are.

Would you know of any names by chance? Searching for the part number, "hook gib" and "deckring" (the german name from the parts book) aren't bringing up any other suppliers.

[Constabulary]

And college sewing do not have it?

I can look in my bins maybe I have one. But I´m in Germany.

EDIT:

Answered it myself - out of stock

https://www.college-sewing.co.uk/068150910-hook-gib-adler-genuine.html

EDIT II:

I don´t have it - sorry

Edited April 17, 2022 by Constabulary

[andru]

14 hours ago, Constabulary said:

I can look in my bins maybe I have one. But I´m in Germany.

EDIT II:

I don´t have it - sorry

Thanks for checking!

[shoepatcher]

My guy has no extra gib screws and gib ring.  Sorry.

glenn

[andru]

12 hours ago, shoepatcher said:

My guy has no extra gib screws and gib ring.  Sorry.

glenn

Thank you for checking anyway!

[andru]

Can anyone help me interpret the parts book here? Photo attached.

I just received replacement gib screws from college sewing (I'm hoping to temporarily fix the hook gib while I arrange a replacement).

The screws that arrived are the same size, but have a higher TPI - photo attached, where screw from my machine is above and replacement below.

My first instinct was that College Sewing made a mistake, but on reviewing the parts book, it looks like there are two part numbers for the screw - 992 01 658 0 and 992 02 349 0 - but there isn't a model number after to indicate which is relevant to a GK373. The headers on these two columns of part numbers are "Up to Serial No" and "As from serial Nr".  I'm not sure how to interpret that - does anyone know how to determine if those part numbers are synonymous or actually describe different parts?

Edited April 21, 2022 by andru

[shoepatcher]

Ok.  It looks like Adler made a running change in production.  Machine up to a certain serial number used the older screw part number.  Those after used a new part number.  You got the serial number of your machine?  if I had to guess, I would say it is#992016580.

glenn

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by shoepatcher