Singer 111W155 Arm Shaft Bushing Will Not Come Out

[tammythefactory]

I did scrape the old belt off with a toothpick before I put the new one on and my machine didn't have that screw on the end of the hand wheel when I got it. I was going to buy one, but not if I don't need it

With the bearings, do you mean the ones that are part of the bushing near the hand wheel? They seemed pretty good when I had the piece out, but I will definitely look again.

When that whole section moves, should it be able to move without the hand wheel? Should it be able to move without the timing belt on? It's difficult to crank it without the hand wheel and I remember it not moving almost at all when the belt was off.

Should any of these moving parts move freely without each other, or do they need each other to move at all?

Remind me that it's about the journey, not the destination haha

[Constabulary]

Have you cleaned and oiled the machine? Maybe the hook is gummed or the hook gears or the needle bar or the presser foot bars... - maybe some old thread or dirt under the hook or bobbin case. Post some good clear and detailed pictures of your machine with removed face plate and from the underside - maybe someone will notice something.

Edited December 16, 2015 by Constabulary

[leecopp]

I am just going down this path on my new old monster.  By cd's measure I must have exactly the right number of marks on the bushing..grin.. I was feeling a little guilty..  excess force and the wrong tools to the rescue.

I won't mention how long it took me to remember the set screw on the back .. duhh..

The top was spinning well, but the bottom side is still a bit tight. More oil and sunbaths I guess.

 

Lee

 

[Tulsaman]

Well I installed a new belt 111w156 I picked up as a basket case...the Arm Shaft Bushing came out tough as well. The machine had  sat for many years.. so it was in need of some good banging. Thanks to you guys that posted above.  I took a heavy long screw driver and cut the tip off so it would reach way into the machine to keep the bushing moving out..It just didn't want to come out until it ran out of machine housing. Then it fell out...

  .I thought the thing was trashed as the bearing and race came out of the bushing. I called Bob at Toledo and he was great and found parts but had to order them.. I didn't want to wait... So I went back to look at the beast. But on inspection it seemed to be ok or could be ok so I ground and polished off the pound marks and sanded down the inside bushing run in the machine. Pressed the bearing back into the bushing then the race washer I call it. The concave side in. Added oil to it and on it. And seemed fine...bearings etc weren't damaged. Just the bushing chewed up from the punching.  I Used a wood block to tap it in. Still wouldn't go in like the video on Utube were it just slides out for the guy. Ha....  Got it running and it sews so nice...nicer it seems then my Juki LU1510N-7 ...Old machines run quieter I was told.  Gave it a new table top,light,went thru the stand,etc. Added the Conso knee lifter roller for the bottom of the lifter rod..lifts so smooth now. 

  My first machine like this was 111W155 at the Leather shop in Ptown and Milford CT then the Conso 226R I bought new in 1973 I believe...then a 211...Brother LS2B837..Juki 1510N-7..Had to restore this one for old time sake..

Edited June 11, 2016 by Tulsaman