Singer 111W-155 I Cant Get Any Bobbin Tension.

[gottaknow]

Glenn is correct, many times the spring can be bent back. With the right small screwdriver, you don't need to remove the basket from the hook. In fact, I usually remove just the adjustment screw, clean out the area, then place a small screwdriver vertical between the end of the spring and the adjustment hole. Push in with the spring over the screwdriver and reinstall the adjustment screw. It's easier to start if you loosen the anchor screw just a bit. Just make certain to re-tighten it.

Regards, Eric

[LoveToLearn]

Thanks guys, Ill try it.

LoveToLearn

[BigMatt]

LoveToLearn,

This video is the most important video I watched when I was trying to learn to thread my 111 Singer. I could not get any bobbin tension no matter how much I tightened the spring on the bobbin case. I tried and tried and it would never work. All the videos I watched all said the same thing, "drop the bobbin in, slide the thread under the triangle part, take up the bobbin thread and you are ready to sew." The problem was, I never could get any bobbin tension.

This video changed everything.

After you pick up the bobbin thread with the needle, put your finger on the bobbin to keep it from spinning and pull the thread through the hole until the thread pops under the bobbin tension spring. You will hear it and feel it. It should have tension after that. If it won't pop under the tension spring, you may have adjusted the tension spring too tight. Loosen it up until you can get the thread under the little black spring.

I hope this helps... Edited February 23, 2016 by BigMatt

[gottaknow]

I'd love to have $1 for every time I've said you have to put your finger on the bobbin on vertical hook machines while you pull on the bobbin thread.....

[BigMatt]

That is the only video I have seen that mentions it. I looked for days to find out what I was doing wrong...

[gottaknow]

A quick search in the forum would have found several references...but more to my point was I've been saying the same thing for the last 36 years.

Regards, Eric

[BigMatt]

I didn't mean to come across saying that you didn't say it.

Edited February 24, 2016 by BigMatt

[LoveToLearn]

ya it says nothing about that in the instructions or any manuals Ive seen. Thanks for mentioning that important detail. Ill try it.

LoveToLearn

[BigMatt]

ya it says nothing about that in the instructions or any manuals Ive seen. Thanks for mentioning that important detail. Ill try it.

LoveToLearn

I hope it helps, that was the missing link for me...

[gottaknow]

No worries BigMatt, I didn't take it that way at all. It simply reminded me of all my factory years and how many times I've said it, even reminding experienced operators, supervisors and apprentice mechanics.