Singer 153k103 walking foot issues

[CowboyBob]

10 hours ago, Lgbrs9 said:

Any other screws I can loosen up to make it drop? 

The clamp might be stuck on the shaft,did you loosen the screw alot?If so you could try & put a screwdriver between the clamp & pry it just alittle to get it to open so you can push the bar down.

[Lgbrs9]

12 hours ago, Quade said:

Does it work if you press that pin in again? That pin is what presses on the upper thread tensioner to release the tension when the foot is up.   There should be a large headed screw and a sheet metal  bracket that presses the pin when the foot is lifted.  

You aught to be able to temporarily pull the pin all the way out for testing.

Picture #1 shows that the arm that raises the feet when you press the pedal isn't even contacting the feet mechanism.   Picture #1 you see two dark arms coming from the left. The lower one is the tension arm for the main foot tension. The upper one is what lifts when you use the knee lift.  In some of your pics it's been removed. The knee lift is disabled without that arm. 

Reading, it sounds like it works some times, then suddenly jams stuck up.  That suggests to me something is getting out of alignment and holding the main foot up. 

When it's jammed up, look at where the spring presses on the collar on the main foot shaft.   If that collar slips on the shaft, I could imaging the main foot getting stuck high. 

The main foot will be up when the inner foot is down pressing on the feed dog.  They rock back and forth.  For the main foot to touch down, the inner foot needs to be in the air. 

 

The little pin button isn’t working, there’s no peal pressure behind it either when I press it. I’ve been moving the presser for up and down and it’s dropped slightly but not completely. The dog feed moves and so does the presser foot just not dropped. now what happens sometimes is as I turn the wheel when the needle goes to its lowest point as it goes back up the dog feed makes a loud clicking noise and jerks back. As I do this the walking foot isn’t moving at all while the presser foot is stuck up moving, as far as the shaft I don’t see anything that’s out of place but then again I don’t have much history with the mechanics of industrial sewing machines. Thank you all for the help so far

3 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

The clamp might be stuck on the shaft,did you loosen the screw alot?If so you could try & put a screwdriver between the clamp & pry it just alittle to get it to open so you can push the bar down.

Can you provide a photo of said clamp, don’t wanna mess anything up. Also it did drop slightly just not enough. 

[CowboyBob]

Reposting....

[Lgbrs9]

8 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

Reposting....

I have the screw loose but don’t see a clamp on my end. This is what I have on my machine

[Lgbrs9]

7 minutes ago, Lgbrs9 said:

I have the screw loose but don’t see a clamp on my end. This is what I have on my machine

I see how the screw is held by a clamp and tried prying it out with some force, nothing yet will try some more.

[Lgbrs9]

11 hours ago, Lgbrs9 said:

I see how the screw is held by a clamp and tried prying it out with some force, nothing yet will try some more.

So before it wasn’t moving much whenever I’d turn the wheel, now that I pry’d it out a bit it’s moving. Unfortunately the presser foot is still stuck up. Still moving it up and down trying to force it down but no luck. I’ll try uploading a video today showing what is going on with my dog feed as well. Violent clicks as I turn the wheel and needle is coming up from the dog feed.

[Lgbrs9]

Here is a video of the machine. 
 

Thank you to everyone who has been trying to help me out. 

 

 

[CowboyBob]

@Lgbrs9 Loosen this screw & try to push the bracket it fits into.

[Lgbrs9]

23 minutes ago, CowboyBob said:

@Lgbrs9 Loosen this screw & try to push the bracket it fits into.

Will try this once I’m home, thank you

[Lgbrs9]

7 hours ago, Lgbrs9 said:

Will try this once I’m home, thank you

I got it to drop. Undoing all the screws probably helped. Not sure exactly what I did, put everything back together started testing the lifter pedal and it got stuck again. Before as I was testing the pedal I could feel it get stuck then would drop down. Wish I could’ve tried getting some stitches in. Will try and get it to drop again and give an update 

[Lgbrs9]

15 minutes ago, Lgbrs9 said:

I got it to drop. Undoing all the screws probably helped. Not sure exactly what I did, put everything back together started testing the lifter pedal and it got stuck again. Before as I was testing the pedal I could feel it get stuck then would drop down. Wish I could’ve tried getting some stitches in. Will try and get it to drop again and give an update 

Release button worked this time thankfully. Some how the stitch length has changed to 0 or the machine isn’t feeding correctly. Keeps sewing in the same place 

1 minute ago, Lgbrs9 said:

Release button worked this time thankfully. Some how the stitch length has changed to 0 or the machine isn’t feeding correctly. Keeps sewing in the same place 

Walking foot isn’t walking.

[CowboyBob]

7 hours ago, Lgbrs9 said:

Walking foot isn’t walking.

Once you get it where it needs to be tighten the screws as tight as you can or it will slip & stick up again.

Edited February 1 by CowboyBob

[Wizcrafts]

Once both feet are moving freely (doing whatever that takes), loosen the big screw on the back joint, lower the needle until it is just above the level of the throat plate and feed dog, then push the inside foot down to just hit the plate, and tighten the big bolt to lock it in place. This setting usually gives the best ratio of lift between the inside and outside feet.

[Lgbrs9]

5 hours ago, Wizcrafts said:

Once both feet are moving freely (doing whatever that takes), loosen the big screw on the back joint, lower the needle until it is just above the level of the throat plate and feed dog, then push the inside foot down to just hit the plate, and tighten the big bolt to lock it in place. This setting usually gives the best ratio of lift between the inside and outside feet.

The inside foot can’t really be pushed down further. Right now it’s slightly above the plate, the walking foot is lower completely down. Whenever I try to adjust that screw and tighten it only the presser foot lifts 

[Lgbrs9]

9 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

Once you get it where it needs to be tighten the screws as tight as you can or it will slip & stick up again.

 

9 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

Once you get it where it needs to be tighten the screws as tight as you can or it will slip & stick up again.

Are there any other screws that can possibly get the walking foot unstuck? I’ve been trying to readjust with the screw up top but only gets the presser foot to go up and down

[Lgbrs9]

On 2/1/2024 at 9:20 AM, Wizcrafts said:

Once both feet are moving freely (doing whatever that takes), loosen the big screw on the back joint, lower the needle until it is just above the level of the throat plate and feed dog, then push the inside foot down to just hit the plate, and tighten the big bolt to lock it in place. This setting usually gives the best ratio of lift between the inside and outside feet.

Got the walking foot to move slightly. Messing with the screws. Just doesn’t look like it’s lifting up enough when moving. Trying to get some test stitches in but now the bobbin hook isn’t moving. 

[Lgbrs9]

So far got the bobbin out of the case and can’t seem to find any thread jammed but still can’t get the hook to move while I move the wheel 

[Northmount]

1 hour ago, Lgbrs9 said:

So far got the bobbin out of the case and can’t seem to find any thread jammed but still can’t get the hook to move while I move the wheel 

Safety clutch (if your machine has one) tripped? 

Loose grub screws on the shaft driving the hook shaft?  Look under the machine to see what is moving or not.

Maybe it's time to take it to a repair shop.

[Lgbrs9]

35 minutes ago, Northmount said:

Safety clutch (if your machine has one) tripped? 

Loose grub screws on the shaft driving the hook shaft?  Look under the machine to see what is moving or not.

Maybe it's time to take it to a repair shop.

So far what I’ve seen is the gear that’s moves the hook slightly moves as the hook does while I turn the wheel. Only moves a bit doesn’t fully rotate 

[Lgbrs9]

Believe I got the safety clutch working, did a test stitch and it was feeding well. It’s currently jamming badly in the bobbin after the first few stitches (gnarly bird nesting) so I believe I’m getting somewhere. Will update. 

[Lgbrs9]

3 hours ago, Lgbrs9 said:

Believe I got the safety clutch working, did a test stitch and it was feeding well. It’s currently jamming badly in the bobbin after the first few stitches (gnarly bird nesting) so I believe I’m getting somewhere. Will update. 

It seems to be feeding properly, but the bobbin isn’t locking stitches.