Members Lgbrs9 Posted January 8, 2024 Members Report Posted January 8, 2024 Recently purchased a 153k103 cylinder arm walking foot machine. The machine worked fine days before I picked it up and brought it over to my place. The walking foot is stuck in the up position and lever behind it isn’t working, no tension. The pedal is connected as should be but I don’t feel any tension whenever the pedal is pressed, I have a feeling something is stuck. Not much of a mechanic and the manuals don’t explain much on these matters. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Quote
CowboyBob Posted January 8, 2024 Report Posted January 8, 2024 Put some oil in the bushings there's an upper & lower one where the bar runs through.Then push or tap on the foot & it should go down.Don't loosen the circled screw. Quote Bob Kovar Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd. 3631 Marine Rd Toledo,Ohio 43609 1-866-362-7397
Members Lgbrs9 Posted January 8, 2024 Author Members Report Posted January 8, 2024 17 minutes ago, CowboyBob said: Put some oil in the bushings there's an upper & lower one where the bar runs through.Then push or tap on the foot & it should go down.Don't loosen the circled screw. No luck, the walking foot isn’t budging at all, whenever I firmly press the pedal those 2 components move slightly Quote
Members Lgbrs9 Posted January 8, 2024 Author Members Report Posted January 8, 2024 10 minutes ago, Lgbrs9 said: No luck, the walking foot isn’t budging at all, whenever I firmly press the pedal those 2 components move slightly If you lift the lever for the walking foot behind the machine the components also slightly move Quote
CowboyBob Posted January 8, 2024 Report Posted January 8, 2024 (edited) Put some oil on the bar just ahead of the lower circled part,you could try tapping on the rightside of the L-piece just above the small bar.One more thing to look at is on the first pic,you have a lifter bar that picks the foot up,take it off & the then take the big headed screw out & look at the bottom,there's a release pin there that could of slipped backwards holding it up. Edited January 8, 2024 by CowboyBob Quote Bob Kovar Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd. 3631 Marine Rd Toledo,Ohio 43609 1-866-362-7397
Members Lgbrs9 Posted January 8, 2024 Author Members Report Posted January 8, 2024 9 minutes ago, CowboyBob said: Put some oil on the bar just ahead of the lower circled part,you could try tapping on the rightside of the L-piece just above the small bar.One more thing to look at is on the first pic,you have a lifter bar that picks the foot up,take it off & the then take the big headed screw out & look at the bottom,there's a release pin there that could of slipped backwards holding it up. Can this be said pin? Quote
CowboyBob Posted January 9, 2024 Report Posted January 9, 2024 (edited) Yes,push it in. Edited January 9, 2024 by CowboyBob Quote Bob Kovar Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd. 3631 Marine Rd Toledo,Ohio 43609 1-866-362-7397
Members Lgbrs9 Posted January 25, 2024 Author Members Report Posted January 25, 2024 On 1/9/2024 at 6:26 AM, CowboyBob said: Yes,push it in. everything worked fine, last night ran into some issues again. Machine was stitching fine then suddenly the walking foot wouldn’t lift. The presser foot would move fine but the walking foot was stuck,no walking whatsoever, as I tried fiddling with it I got the presser foot to go up and now it is stuck in the up position. The release lever and button won’t drop it and I can’t seem to find the area that’s causing this to happen. Quote
Members Lgbrs9 Posted January 25, 2024 Author Members Report Posted January 25, 2024 https://ibb.co/6Rf9Fzz https://ibb.co/b3p0xrT links to photos of current situation Quote
Members Lgbrs9 Posted January 25, 2024 Author Members Report Posted January 25, 2024 2 hours ago, Lgbrs9 said: everything worked fine, last night ran into some issues again. Machine was stitching fine then suddenly the walking foot wouldn’t lift. The presser foot would move fine but the walking foot was stuck,no walking whatsoever, as I tried fiddling with it I got the presser foot to go up and now it is stuck in the up position. The release lever and button won’t drop it and I can’t seem to find the area that’s causing this to happen. What I also noticed is that the bobbin isnt moving while I turn the wheel Quote
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