Lugubrious Report post Posted 13 hours ago Hello all and good day, I am trying to adjust the stitch length on my 153. I’ve visited an older forum about the issue but haven’t been able to find a solution. The knob doesn’t work and tightening or loosening the small screw where you can see the 0s up top aren’t doing much. Right now it’s set at a low stitch count and would like to get longer stitches. Are there any other alternate suggestions? The photo is the screw I messed with, underneath there is no second screw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lugubrious Report post Posted 13 hours ago 4 minutes ago, Lugubrious said: Hello all and good day, I am trying to adjust the stitch length on my 153. I’ve visited an older forum about the issue but haven’t been able to find a solution. The knob doesn’t work and tightening or loosening the small screw where you can see the 0s up top aren’t doing much. Right now it’s set at a low stitch count and would like to get longer stitches. Are there any other alternate suggestions? The photo is the screw I messed with, underneath there is no second screw. Underneath the set screw I can see the stitch adjustment rod turning whenever I turn the wheel. Could it be that I’m missing the screw that adjusts the stitch length? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lugubrious Report post Posted 13 hours ago 1 minute ago, Lugubrious said: Underneath the set screw I can see the stitch adjustment rod turning whenever I turn the wheel. Could it be that I’m missing the screw that adjusts the stitch length? Photo of said screw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted 12 hours ago I have this extract from a 153w manual maybe it helps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lugubrious Report post Posted 4 hours ago 8 hours ago, Constabulary said: I have this extract from a 153w manual maybe it helps So I don’t have that second screw “cc” I assume that one screw is “bb” I wish the photo was clear to see what these screws exactly looked like. From your experience are these screw pretty proprietary? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted 1 hour ago (edited) I think the screw you show in your picture is the screw CC which comes in contact with the spindle. What is missing is screw CC. This is from a Singer 153 parts list. So your screw with the long unthreaded end is CC / # 13069 and what is missing is screw BB / # 10764 which locks the screw CC. Make sure the parts 13066, 13067 13068 are present as well and noting in the mechanism is gummed and everything is well oiled. EDIT: Also check the threaded end of the top shaft (where the spindle goes in) if it is undamaged and the small pin on the inside of the spindle knob is present and is following this thread when you change the the stitch length. Edited 41 minutes ago by Constabulary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
