Tension Release Lever Rod

[Constabulary]

8 hours ago, Constabulary said:

18 hours ago, Teslabolt said:

I may have been able to technically sew, but the thread on the bottom was so loose that I could just pull it right out in a straight line. 

is it probably because you are using a too small needle size - I´d try to go up 1 or 2 needle sizes.

Edited 8 hours ago by Constabulary

Forget this - I got you wrong 

[Teslabolt]

4 minutes ago, Constabulary said:

Forget this - I got you wrong 

Needle size is spot on. Have about 4 different sizes. 
 

I did install my Japanese made bobbin and the stitching was tons better. Still had an issue with thread slipping over tension assembly, but the cheap one from amazon is in the trash. 

[Bert51]

I think we all go though a phase where we buy cheap parts from ebay or amazon, I call this phase "School of Hardknocks", we all need to go through it, that way we learn to listen to others and buy from dealers like those who support and help us on this forum.

I bet I have more rubbish parts in my bin then you have.........................

Bert.

Edited January 30, 2020 by Bert51

[Teslabolt]

Just now, Bert51 said:

I think we all go though a phase where we buy cheap parts from ebay or amazon, I call this phase "School of Hardknocks", we all need to go through it, that way we learn to listen to others and buy from dealers like those who support and help us on this forum.

Bert.

Good word. Lesson learned. The Japanese bobbin felt like a Cadillac compared to the other one. Not sure what's different, but it definitely is. 

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

See attached image.

Singer tension on the Left has a tension release lever, grey or silver that will break like glass if you try to bend it.  This is where grinding down the small pin within the tension disks works.  

The one on the Right can bend with a needle nose tool closer and farther, while on the machine to take up any gap.  This one will, usually, hold up to spring tension without getting bent out of shape.  The tension that you have on your machine...I have no idea.

[dikman]

Gregg, perhaps that's the answer to why the generic one is different to the OP's original, being generic it's meant to be adjusted to suit different machines?

Makes sense to me.

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

38 minutes ago, dikman said:

Gregg, perhaps that's the answer to why the generic one is different to the OP's original, being generic it's meant to be adjusted to suit different machines?

Makes sense to me.

More like people are making things and they don't know what they are doing.  And then someone copied their mistakes.  

[dikman]

That's another way of looking at it.

[Teslabolt]

New tension assembly installed. Problem solved. Glad to close this chapter out!

When I raise the knee left lever or the hand lift leaver, the discs separate like they are supposed to and the thread releases like butter. Night and day difference. No way I could have used this machine even with the mods. The old disc assembly is complete garbage. I also think the higher quality bobbin played a big part. If you are having difficulty, perhaps get one made in Japan. It's proudly stamped on the side. 

Thanks all for your help!