Juki 1541s timing issue

[JdNelson]

48 minutes ago, Wyowally said:

As Wiz suggested, I find broken needles  and needle bar movement go hand-in-hand.  I even think some manufacturers made the needle bar setscrew a little on the wimpy side on purpose. Sort of like a shear pin protecting a heavy mechanical mechanism does. If the screw can't hang on when enough force hits the needle to break it, all the better.  Re-setting timing is so basic that anyone involved in their own maintenance need to pick it up. IMHO like Wiz says. BTW, I discovered only a couple days ago the wisdom of another Wiz tidbit. I'd been fooling around with the total presser feet lift, trying to adjust so they'd both lift the same and raise pretty high. I was successful to the point of having the bottom of the needle bar strike one of the feet when they were manually raised all the way. Didn't realize it until I powered up - it moved my needle bar quite handlily!

I see you are a long distance from the nearest repair guy too. It's just as well to learn how to do it yourself anyway I suppose. I do have a backup but it doesn't produce as nice work as the Juki.

[Wizcrafts]

4 hours ago, Wyowally said:

the wisdom of another Wiz tidbit

We could probably shorten that clunky phrase to just Wizbit ! ;-) LULZ

[JdNelson]

I did get it fixed, it's running like new again. In case anyone else has the same problem and finds this post the procedure is: If you set your needle bar to the factory spec of 56.55mm to the bottom then raise it up 2mm and the hook is not at the needle but elsewhere you need to flip the machine up and drop the oil pan and find the two hex screws on the lower shaft to the right of the big gear and using the hand wheel take note of the screw positions and loosen the one you can't get to first then reposition the needle bar and loosen the other, about 1/4 turn should do it, then set the machine back down and rotate the hook to the factory mandated position then flip it back up and without moving the shaft retighten the screws. 

[Wyowally]

Congrats on your initiative to get 'er done, Jd!  Yep that's the sort of thing I do out here in nowhereland.  And yep, Wizbit sounds great to me Wiz. Jd, I've found it useful, when I remember, to mark screw and gear positions in relation to shafts and other gears. When I remember being the key phrase.