Singer 111w155

[Knifedood]

Where can I get the little shaft that goes from the rear hand lift to the front tension disc release? It don’t seem to move when you raise the hand lift and I’ve tried bending the tab on the back of the front tension disc assembly and it’s not working. Is there another adjustment I’m missing or is it wore out?

[Northmount]

11 minutes ago, Knifedood said:

Where can I get the little shaft that goes from the rear hand lift to the front tension disc release? It don’t seem to move when you raise the hand lift and I’ve tried bending the tab on the back of the front tension disc assembly and it’s not working. Is there another adjustment I’m missing or is it wore out?

Replaced one with a nail long ago.  Cut trimmed, and smoothed it out so it would fit and slide nicely.

 

[CowboyBob]

47 minutes ago, Knifedood said:

Where can I get the little shaft that goes from the rear hand lift to the front tension disc release? It don’t seem to move when you raise the hand lift and I’ve tried bending the tab on the back of the front tension disc assembly and it’s not working. Is there another adjustment I’m missing or is it wore out?

Start with one around 2&1/4" long.

[dikman]

22 hours ago, Northmount said:

Replaced one with a nail long ago.  Cut trimmed, and smoothed it out so it would fit and slide nicely.

 

Used the same method, just a bit of trial-and-error to get the length right (fortunately nails are cheap ).

[DonInReno]

On 3/4/2023 at 2:57 PM, Knifedood said:

 It don’t seem to move when you raise the hand lift…

If the rod is in there, but it’s not moving, then the part that pushes on the rod may be broken.   We talked about it here: