feed dog mechanism loose, Consew 277

[Cumberland Highpower]

On my Consew 277r I noticed the feed dog mechanism is feeling loose.  The dog and screw are new and tight w/locktite, but what it's bolted to is starting to feel sloppy.  I took the covers off the end of the arm and looked it over.  I cannot see any type of adjustment to take up the slop right away.  I "think" i can see some screws on the back side of the slide plate but I cant really tell if that's what I'm looking at or not.  The parts look pretty substantial, based on the size and hardness I can't imagine enough wear forming to cause the slop. 

Is there a way to adjust this out?  Japanese machine, probably mid 1990s 

[Northmount]

On 1/8/2025 at 9:06 AM, Cumberland Highpower said:

On my Consew 277r I noticed the feed dog mechanism is feeling loose.  The dog and screw are new and tight w/locktite, but what it's bolted to is starting to feel sloppy.  I took the covers off the end of the arm and looked it over.  I cannot see any type of adjustment to take up the slop right away.  I "think" i can see some screws on the back side of the slide plate but I cant really tell if that's what I'm looking at or not.  The parts look pretty substantial, based on the size and hardness I can't imagine enough wear forming to cause the slop. 

Is there a way to adjust this out?  Japanese machine, probably mid 1990s 

Pictures might help get you an answer.

[Cumberland Highpower]

Northmount I got it resolved. 

I took about 3 hours today and looked it over/worked on it.  The feed dog attaches to a plate that's dovetailed into another.   The dovetail was adjustable for wear, but the screws (I thought I saw) that held the adjustable gib were on the backside.  No access from anywhere outside of the machine.  I had to remove the hook, and both of the feed dog motion shafts to get to the screws. 

I was a little surprised at the design, the adjustable gib was different from what's depicted in the manual/parts book that came with that machine.