Need help with Singer 211U566A

[Parfektionisto]

Hi guys,

My Singer 211U566A is having problem and I hope someone could help me out. 

. When I pressed on the button to adjust the stitch length, either forward or backward I turned the flywheel, it doesn’t stop.

. When I turned the flywheel backward, it will stitch in reverse, when I turned the flywheel forward, then only it will stitch forward. 

Tony

Edited December 4, 2020 by Parfektionisto

[chrisash]

Do you keep pressing whilst you move the handwheel and then select the intervall?

[Parfektionisto]

Yes I did. When the button drop in, that’s when I can select the stitch, moving the flywheel backward all the way till it stop means the maximum stitch length, but problem is it doesn’t stop now! What’s more weird is, when I try to sew, it actually sew in reversed direction. 

[Parfektionisto]

Problem is still unresolved, any help will be greatly appreciated .

[shoepatcher]

Sounds like stich adjustment button is not engaging and disengaging when it should.  It may be gummed up.  I would oil in and around it to start.  It may require taking the thing apart to see what the problem is.  The LU563 is based on the Singer 111W155 but with big bobbin and reverse.  send some pics please!

glenn

[Parfektionisto]

16 hours ago, shoepatcher said:

Sounds like stich adjustment button is not engaging and disengaging when it should.  It may be gummed up.  I would oil in and around it to start.  It may require taking the thing apart to see what the problem is.  The LU563 is based on the Singer 111W155 but with big bobbin and reverse.  send some pics please!

glenn

Hi Glenn, 

The machine was working without any issue until I changed to a different kind of thread and all this chaos started to happen. What kind of pics will be good to show? Everything looks pretty in place when I turned it up to check on the bottom gears.

 

Tony

Edited December 7, 2020 by Parfektionisto

[Constabulary]

Are you sure you haven't disengaged the safety clutch - for what ever reason?

Have you tilt back the machine and checked the plunger? Maybe it is worn or broken - who knows. I´d tilt back the machine press the plunger and the turn the hand wheel and watch the stitch adjustment cam and plunger...

Post a picture of the underside of the machine that's where all the mechanics do their work. Maybe someone can see an irregularity.

[Parfektionisto]

3 hours ago, Constabulary said:

Are you sure you haven't disengaged the safety clutch - for what ever reason?

Have you tilt back the machine and checked the plunger? Maybe it is worn or broken - who knows. I´d tilt back the machine press the plunger and the turn the hand wheel and watch the stitch adjustment cam and plunger...

Post a picture of the underside of the machine that's where all the mechanics do their work. Maybe someone can see an irregularity.

Hi Folker,

Sorry I’m not good at this, but trying to see if any luck I could get it back to working condition. I really don’t know if I did disengage the safety clutch, how can be sure of that? 

When you said plunger, do you mean the button that I need to press on before turning the hand wheel to change the stitch length? If that’s what you are talking about then it’s still there and not broken, but it doesn’t work the way it used to be anymore, meaning even when it gets into the grove, it doesn’t stay put, but move back to its original position, if you know what I mean. I’ll try to see if I can post a video or something. Thanks 

Tony 

[Constabulary]

when the safety clutch is disengaged the hook no longer spins. Yes with plunger (Singer term) I mean the button in the flat bed. What means it moves back? You have to hold down the button all the time until the wanted stitch length is adjusted or do I get you wrong? The button is spring loaded and does not stay put by just pushing it once - you have to hold it down.

Edited December 7, 2020 by Constabulary

[Parfektionisto]

1 hour ago, Constabulary said:

when the safety clutch is disengaged the hook no longer spins. Yes with plunger (Singer term) I mean the button in the flat bed. What means it moves back? You have to hold down the button all the time until the wanted stitch length is adjusted or do I get you wrong? The button is spring loaded and does not stay put by just pushing it once - you have to hold it down.

Yes, I hold it down all the time when it gets into the groove so that I can adjust the stitch length with the hand wheel. I think I’m a bit confuse myself, anyway when I adjust the stitch length it should stop either at the longest or shortest, but now it doesn’t. No matter how I turn the hand wheel, my stitch length is at the shortest now 

I took some video with my mobile phone but it’s to large to upload it here. The max size uploadable is only 1.46MB, that’s very small. 

Edited December 7, 2020 by Parfektionisto