111W155 Repair

[NancyLou]

Does anyone know of someone in North Florida who can repair a problem.  The shaft is not hooked up to the lower clutch.  See videos.  
Pieces are stuck on the pulley.  
Thank you for any help. 

Mod Edit: (I removed the 240 meg attachment since it's now on youtube -AlZilla)

 

Edited 6 hours ago by AlZilla

[AlZilla]

Hey. @NancyLou, would you upload this to Youtube and give us a link? I'm at 60 megs and counting. Most won't DL it and I'd guess BossLady might not want to buy all that bandwidth if they did... @Johanna

EDIT: I gave up at 200 megs. I'm inclined to remove it unless Johanna wants to leave it up.  See Post 4 for Youtube version.  Thanks NancyLou!

[NancyLou]

Ok let me see if I can do that.  I will try to figure out how to upload to you tube. Hold please. 🙏 

[NancyLou]

Ok uploaded.  Any help appreciated. 

[AlZilla]

Well, that's certainly an improvement. I wish I had a clue why it's doing that. Maybe @Wizcrafts, @kgg or @Uwe will happen by and be able to explain it. 

[NancyLou]

Thank you Alzilla.  As much as as love this machine I just wonder when I should say enough is enough. She has great bones but sometimes ……..

The repair man John has fine tuned everything but when he got to this part he just was not comfortable with taking it apart.  He doesn’t work on many 111W155.  

[CowboyBob]

4 minutes ago, NancyLou said:

Thank you Alzilla.  As much as as love this machine I just wonder when I should say enough is enough. She has great bones but sometimes ……..

The repair man John has fine tuned everything but when he got to this part he just was not comfortable with taking it apart.  He doesn’t work on many 111W155.  

Very simple,the safety clutch kicked out maybe because you forgot to hold the thread when you first started sewing.So there's 2-buttons on the bed,push the one on the right down while turning the hand wheel backwards & keep turning it until you hear a loud click.This means it's back in gear.PS if your repair person didn't know this I would look for someone else!

Just now, CowboyBob said:

Very simple,the safety clutch kicked out maybe because you forgot to hold the thread when you first started sewing.So there's 2-buttons on the bed,push the one on the right down while turning the hand wheel backwards & keep turning it until you hear a loud click.This means it's back in gear.PS if your repair person didn't know this I would look for someone else!Many Juki's,Consew,Brothers all have this type of clutch on them.

 

[kgg]

9 hours ago, NancyLou said:

Ok let me see if I can do that.  I will try to figure out how to upload to you tube. Hold please.

Here is a decent video on how the safety clutch works. ( 

If your machine will not reengage as @CowboyBob has suggested due to parts being seized I would suggest removing it and soaking it in diesel for a day or so then oiling it. If it still will not work either replace it or as a very last resort tack weld it in place. If you tack weld it in place you will not have a safety and if you jam the machine up you probably or more then likely going to damage / destroy other internal spots.

kgg

[CowboyBob]

3 hours ago, kgg said:

Here is a decent video on how the safety clutch works. ( 

If your machine will not reengage as @CowboyBob has suggested due to parts being seized I would suggest removing it and soaking it in diesel for a day or so then oiling it. If it still will not work either replace it or as a very last resort tack weld it in place. If you tack weld it in place you will not have a safety and if you jam the machine up you probably or more then likely going to damage / destroy other internal spots.

kgg

It's not rusted,don't take it apart! Just re-engage the safety clutch & you'll be sewing again.

 

[NancyLou]

Hi Bob 

This is Ron Nancy’s husband.  Thank you for replying. I did watch the same video Singer Safety Clutch above several times. 
 

Here is the problem I’m still having. 
 

 

Any help will keep me out of the dog house 😂