Singer 29k58 needle timing issue - I think.

[LNB]

Hello

By way of introduction, I am very new to leatherworking, and to using and maintaining bootpatchers. I have cleaned up a couple of SInger 201s and use a Featherweight 222 as my every day sewing machine. So I guess I am accustomed to Singers a little. Very aware I am a debutant in this realm. 

I have been cleaning up an Singer 29k58 over the last few months. I have stripped it as far as I could, cleaned it, replaced parts as needed and reassembled it. 

I was not able to take out all of the moving mechanisms - so the shaft, shuttle driving and needle bar cams. I cleaned them as best I could from the access I could get.  

Having reassembled it, I have two problems that I think are related. The bobbin timing is not right to loop the needle thread as it seems that the needle rises a little soon, and there is a pronounced clicking sound as the machine is worked. This should be apparent in the videos. 

I have checked and rechecked the racks and pinions in the rack box and adjusted the shuttle carrier as advised using the eccentric stud. 

I am wondering if the shuttle driving cam and the needle cam are not aligned appropriately, which is causing the sound and the needle to raise a little ahead of the shuttle carrier. Does anyone know if there is an appropriate way to align them and, if so, could they share that with me? Or am I way off in my theorising?

I greatly appreciate the advice and wisdom I've been able to access from this community, which has got me this far. 

Hoping someone can see something I am not. 

Many thanks,

Lisa

 

[Constabulary]

Have you read the manual? There is an eccentric for adjusting the needle hook timing.

Just checking - have you taken off the pulley cam on the right end of the machine that governs the up and down movement of the arm lever which is attached to the needle bar?

Edited 2 hours ago by Constabulary

[Constabulary]

1 hour ago, Constabulary said:

Just checking - have you taken off the pulley cam on the right end of the machine that governs the up and down movement of the arm lever which is attached to the needle bar?

quoting my self 😉

When I look at the 1st video I notice that when the roller of the rack driving lever and the inner cam track are to the furthest left you can see the "bulge" of the cam track of the cam pulley - know what I mean?

 

in contrast to that - when I look at my 29K71 cams (almost the same as yours) it seems to me that your cam pulley has been installed incorrectly - rotated by 180° as it seems.

When I can see the bulge in the pulley cam my roller is furthest to the right.

 

This is when the roller is furthest to the left:

Do you see what I mean?

Edited 55 minutes ago by Constabulary