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I guess your needle hit a hard spot and pushed the needle bar up. Check the needle / hook timing of your machine.You most likely have to lower the needle bar a tiny bit.

You can download a 205 service manual here:

https://www.duerkopp-adler.com/en/main/downloads/manuals.html

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1 hour ago, ScarlettStarlett said:

kick itself out of gear

Can you elaborate on what you mean?

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There is a lever to the side, up is reverse, center is neutral, down is forward. I pull it down to begin sewing forward, it sews a few stitches then the lever bumps back up to the neutral position. 

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5 hours ago, Constabulary said:

I guess your needle hit a hard spot and pushed the needle bar up. Check the needle / hook timing of your machine.You most likely have to lower the needle bar a tiny bit.

You can download a 205 service manual here:

https://www.duerkopp-adler.com/en/main/downloads/manuals.html

Thank you for this link! I did hit a hard spot, I tightened my belt because it was slipping, clearly it's a little fast now. I hit a ring on a halter and bam!  

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Overall that does not sound good.

If the needle BAR hit something under power and at full speed, something let go to absorb the impact. Something may be loose and slipping or catching on the internal linkages. I'm concerned that something actually broke absorbing that impact.

That stitch length lever is not really a gear lever like on a transmission and there is no "neutral" per se (only zero stitch length). The lever rotates the feed eccentric but everything stays tightly connected. Nothing spins freely with the lever in the center position. That lever should NOT move on its own, ever.

I strongly recommend not running the machine under power until you figure out what's going on. Remove the belt from the hand wheel, turn it over by hand slowly and inspect EVERYTHING inside and out to find what is not right. That is not easy to do because these machines don't tilt back to reveal the insides. You'll have to remove cover plates to see, which is tricky because you don't want to yank out oil wicks in the process (top cover has oil reservoir underneath).

Unless you've worked on sewing machines before your best bet may be to call your friendly local sewing machine mechanic. The 205-370 is not a good starter machine for learning sewing machine maintenance. 

If you do decide to try remote internet-based trouble shooting, start practicing taking clear, well lit close-up pictures and videos to share.

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13 hours ago, Uwe said:

Overall that does not sound good.

If the needle BAR hit something under power and at full speed, something let go to absorb the impact. Something may be loose and slipping or catching on the internal linkages. I'm concerned that something actually broke absorbing that impact.

That stitch length lever is not really a gear lever like on a transmission and there is no "neutral" per se (only zero stitch length). The lever rotates the feed eccentric but everything stays tightly connected. Nothing spins freely with the lever in the center position. That lever should NOT move on its own, ever.

I strongly recommend not running the machine under power until you figure out what's going on. Remove the belt from the hand wheel, turn it over by hand slowly and inspect EVERYTHING inside and out to find what is not right. That is not easy to do because these machines don't tilt back to reveal the insides. You'll have to remove cover plates to see, which is tricky because you don't want to yank out oil wicks in the process (top cover has oil reservoir underneath).

Unless you've worked on sewing machines before your best bet may be to call your friendly local sewing machine mechanic. The 205-370 is not a good starter machine for learning sewing machine maintenance. 

If you do decide to try remote internet-based trouble shooting, start practicing taking clear, well lit close-up pictures and videos to share.

Thank you for your time, I believe it's best I take this to someone more knowledgeable than me. 

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Scarlett,

If you are in the US, I would call Weaver Leather and ask to speak to Allen Burkholder.  He is the best man I know to work on Adler 205-370's since he has been working on them for over 20 years and rebuilt 2 of them for the company I work for.  He knows the machine cold..

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This is a very easy adjustment.You need a 10mm wrench & a 2.5 mm allen wrench,take the 10mm & loosen the nut in the pic,take the 2.5 m & put inside the nut on the allen bolt & turn it alittle clockwise & check the tightness of the stitch length handle & when you get it where it doesn't move up& down by itself tighten the 10mm.

Adler 205 stitch length tension adjustment.jpg

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I was at a client site today that has a Durkopp Adler 205-370 based binding workstation, which I had built for them last year. I noticed a bungee cord attached to the reverse lever to pull it down. They said it was their work-around fix for "jumpy reverse lever syndrom" the machine had developed a few weeks back. The adjustment Bob posted above came in super handy to give that lever just the right amount of friction again to stay in place, no matter where you put it.  Thanks Bob, great timing!

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