Members sojourner999 Posted March 13, 2022 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2022 11 hours ago, sojourner999 said: I started the work on the 206RB-4. I took the upper tension assembly apart for cleaning. I found both tension discs has deep grooves where the thread goes through. I figure I would order the discs and a spring too. i went to sewingpartsonline.com, they had discs and a spring, but are on back order. I did a search and could not find individual tension discs. I did find units on Amazon, but the bad reviews made me leery of ordering a complete unit. Any recommendations on a vendor that has quality parts like tension discs and tension spring? Or is this something where I may have to order an entire unit? If so, where to get as close to OEM quality as possible? Much appreciated. I found diamondneedle.com. They sure do seem to have a plethora of parts, including the ones i need. There is a minimum $30 order. Does anyone have any input, either positive or negative, of ordering from diamondnedle.com ? hx Quote
garypl Posted March 13, 2022 Report Posted March 13, 2022 12 hours ago, sojourner999 said: I started the work on the 206RB-4. I took the upper tension assembly apart for cleaning. I found both tension discs has deep grooves where the thread goes through. I figure I would order the discs and a spring too. i went to sewingpartsonline.com, they had discs and a spring, but are on back order. I did a search and could not find individual tension discs. I did find units on Amazon, but the bad reviews made me leery of ordering a complete unit. Any recommendations on a vendor that has quality parts like tension discs and tension spring? Or is this something where I may have to order an entire unit? If so, where to get as close to OEM quality as possible? Much appreciated. Buy them on eBay - I bought a complete tensioner assembly for @$16 a year or so ago. Probably a bit more now due to inflation. Quote Cowboy 4500, Consew 206RB-4
Members Jhunter13 Posted March 13, 2022 Members Report Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 9:59 PM, suzelle said: Thanks for explaining Wiz! Glad to know! Thanks for the response. Makes sense. Quote
Members suzelle Posted March 13, 2022 Members Report Posted March 13, 2022 10 hours ago, sojourner999 said: I found diamondneedle.com. They sure do seem to have a plethora of parts, including the ones i need. There is a minimum $30 order. Does anyone have any input, either positive or negative, of ordering from diamondnedle.com ? hx sojourner, I just found that site too, https://www.diamondneedle.com/ I'm going to place an order too, was excited that it appears they have lots of Pfaff parts too! Quote
Members sojourner999 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Members Report Posted March 14, 2022 1 hour ago, suzelle said: sojourner, I just found that site too, https://www.diamondneedle.com/ I'm going to place an order too, was excited that it appears they have lots of Pfaff parts too! Awesome! The place is a little over an hour away from me, but it does not look like they have a retail presence. Also, minimum $30 order. I am going to call them tomorrow to check on availability of parts I need. good luck! Quote
Members suzelle Posted March 17, 2022 Members Report Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) On 3/13/2022 at 6:05 PM, sojourner999 said: Awesome! The place is a little over an hour away from me, but it does not look like they have a retail presence. Also, minimum $30 order. I am going to call them tomorrow to check on availability of parts I need. good luck! Sojourner, did you order parts yet? I ordered, should be here tomorrow. They even had a dip stick (oil gauge) for my old Consew! Hope you find the parts you need too. How's it going? What size bobbins does your machine take? Asking because today I was told that my the Consew 255RB-2 and the 206RB-3 take the same size bobbin. I didn't know that. I have what is called their "Large" bobbin, equivalent to a "Style U" and the ones I bought on Ebay were close, but not exact. Jacksew/Sun Coast Sewing told me the ones they had on Ebay were not the same as the ones that come with the new 255RB-3 machines. They said make sure to call them and tell one of the Reps I want the ones that come with the new machines. They said something about the ones on Ebay being cheaper bobbins and agreed with me that they don't fit so good. Hmmm. Something to be aware of. I did order some from Diamond Needle already that look right, they come tomorrow. The Ebay ones are going back. Edited March 17, 2022 by suzelle Quote
Members sojourner999 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Members Report Posted March 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, suzelle said: Sojourner, did you order parts yet? I ordered, should be here tomorrow. They even had a dip stick (oil gauge) for my old Consew! Hope you find the parts you need too. How's it going? What size bobbins does your machine take? Asking because today I was told that my the Consew 255RB-2 and the 206RB-3 take the same size bobbin. I didn't know that. I have what is called their "Large" bobbin, equivalent to a "Style U" and the ones I bought on Ebay were close, but not exact. Jacksew/Sun Coast Sewing told me the ones they had on Ebay were not the same as the ones that come with the new 255RB-3 machines. They said make sure to call them and tell one of the Reps I want the ones that come with the new machines. They said something about the ones on Ebay being cheaper bobbins and agreed with me that they don't fit so good. Hmmm. Something to be aware of. I did order some from Diamond Needle already that look right, they come tomorrow. The Ebay ones are going back. I did not order parts yet. I came down with a virus that set me back a few days. I plan on getting the machine set up in my work area this weekend before ordering. The bobbin winder looks like I might need to replace it too. And maybe a couple other small parts to have as backup. I want to find all I need before making an order. the 206RB4 takes M bobbins. I think, from smaller to larger, the bobbins are G, M and U. @Jhunter13 has a juki LU-563 clone that takes U bobbins. He may have input for you with his experience on sourcing U bobbins. I did order M bobbins and a set of presser feet from Amazon. The bobbins fit and do not bind when I am hand turning the machine. I have not sewed with them yet. From the seller, it looks like he liked the pre wound bobbin thread. I try to stay away from eBay and sometimes Amazon when it comes to these parts. I wanted to order from sewingpartsonline, but they had some parts back ordered. And with them, it is a guessing game as to when parts will come in. please let me know how your order from diamond needle goes. I’ll be putting an order in soon. Quote
Members suzelle Posted March 17, 2022 Members Report Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, sojourner999 said: I did not order parts yet. I came down with a virus that set me back a few days. I plan on getting the machine set up in my work area this weekend before ordering. The bobbin winder looks like I might need to replace it too. And maybe a couple other small parts to have as backup. I want to find all I need before making an order. Oh goodness, well you get better quick! You have something to look forward to, fixing that machine up. So fun and sometimes frustrating all at the same time! Bobbin winders are pretty cheap, so that won't set you back too bad. Good idea about ordering all at same time, that's what I try to do too. Diamond Needle was $22 approx. to ship it, I think they had lots of options for shipping which was nice. Yeah, I'll let you know how it goes. Looks like they have been in business a long time. They said they do not sell the machines, just parts. But you know that. I know of I have some of their needles around here someplace. LOL. Okay, get some sleep and have some chicken soup and some comfort food and spoil yourself. Quote
Members sojourner999 Posted March 25, 2022 Author Members Report Posted March 25, 2022 I finally was able to order a bunch of parts for the machine from diamondneedle.com. They had all the parts. I called and spoke with someone there a few hours ago with my order. She confirmed that they were there and they put the order through on a Friday afternoon. Should be here early next week. I am only about 1.5 hours away from their actual place of business. I am going to change the grease in the two "grease boxes" tonight or tomorrow, not sure of the technical name, but that is what I'll call them for now. I watched a youtube from Alexander Dyer https://youtu.be/O254enp8xWs and he goes into replacing the grease, but did not use any grease gun to totally fill the grease box. I have two resized pictures of the "grease boxes". I cannot help but to think that those 2 holes were put there so some type of grease gun could be used to fill with grease. So, my latest question is this, once I change the grease, should I be "squirting" grease into those ports with a "grease gun" to ensure complete filling of the grease boxes? FYI, I plan on using tri-flow clear synthetic grease. And my final question for this post, are there any reason NOT to use tri-flow clear synthetic grease? Quote
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