bassicsew Report post Posted December 26, 2024 hi there…just bought a new-2-me pfaff 23-10 cylinder machine… having issues with tension mechanism on the face plate… 1. check spring is quite mangled…anyone have a spare or know of a singer? crossover… 2. on the back of the tension assembly(inside face plate) shouldn’t there be a rod of some sort (traveling inside the mechanism) to force/allow tension discs to release when foot is raised ??? mine is missing this ‘rod’… ( hope this makes sense!!! thnx in advance, steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted December 27, 2024 (edited) Please post pictures of your machine and the parts you have problems with. The Singer 17 is a very similar machine if you need a manual look up a Singer 17 Manual. However here is a German language manual for your machine. Not sure if the Singer 17 parts are interchangeable but in case you do not find a spring I would try a complete new Singer 17 or Singer 16 tension unit. Not a big loss if it does not fit: https://www.ebay.com/itm/191942998278 https://www.ebay.com/itm/143871720894 Pfaff_23_Manual_-_German.pdf Edited December 27, 2024 by Constabulary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bassicsew Report post Posted December 27, 2024 thank u ‘sew’ much 4 manual access!!! any chance u have access 2 a parts manual??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Constabulary Report post Posted December 29, 2024 (edited) I´ll check my records but I don´t think I have a parts list. Your pictures are fairly small Its hard to tell what is going on... BTW I once uploaded a few more files here, some are for a similar Adler machine but the basics are the same. https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/113978-old-pfaff/?tab=comments#comment-737306 Edited December 29, 2024 by Constabulary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
