Kenmore 8 Sewing Owners Manual

  
SERVICEMANUAL 
SEWINGMACHINEMODEL 
385.11206300 
MARCH,2003  

  
CONTENTS 
LOCATEANDIDENTIFYTHEPARTS............................................ 
WlNDTHEBOBBIN......................................................................... 
PREPAREYOURTOPTHREAD...................................................... 
WHATTODOWHEN....................................................................... 1 
2 
3 
4-6 
SERVICEACCESS 
FACECOVER....................................................................7...

  
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LOCATEANDIDENTIFYTHEPARTS 
THREADGUIDE BOBBINWINDINGTENSIONDISC 
BOBBINWINDINGSPINDLE 
THREADTAKE-UPLEVER 
BOBBINWlNDERSTOPPER 
TOPTHREADTENSIONCONTROL 
FACECOVERPLATE 
STITCHSERECTORL 
NEEDLEPLATE 
REVERSELEVER 
EXTENSIONTABLE(ACCESSORYSTORAGEBOX) 
SPOOLPIN 
HANDWHEEL 
\ 
PRESSERFOOTLEVER 
FREEARM 
LIGHTANDPOWER,_ 
NOMENCLATUREPLATE 
PLUGCONNECTOR  

  
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WINDTHEBOBBIN 
1.PULLTHEHANDWHEELOUT. 
2.DRAWTHREADFROMTHESPOOL.GUIDETHETHREADAROUNDTHETHREAD 
GUIDE.THREADTHROUGHTHEBOBBINWINDERTENSIONDISKAANDTHEHOLEIN 
THEBOBBINFROMTHEINSIDETOTHEOUTSIDE. 
3.PLACEBOBBINONTOBOBBINWINDINGSPINDLEBWITHENDOFTHREADCOMING 
FROMTHETOPOFTHEBOBBIN. 
PUSHBOBBINWINDINGSPINDLETOTHERIGHTUNTILITCLICKS. 
4.HOLDINGTHEENDOFTHREAD,STARTMACHINE.WHENBOBBINISSLIGHTLY 
FILLED,SNIPOFFTHEENDOFTHREAD. 
5.WINDTHREADUNTILBOBBINSTOPS.REMOVEBOBBIN....

  
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PREPAREYOURTOPTHREAD 
FORTHREADINGTHEMACHINE,FOLLOWTHENUMBERSINORDERASSHOWN 
ONTHEILLUSTRATION. 
DOTTEDLINESSHOWTHEPLACESWHERETHETHREADLOOPSANDTHEN 
ISPULLEDTIGHT. 
RAISETHEPRESSERFOOTLEVER. 
PLACEASPOOLONTHESPOOLPIN,WITHTHREADCOMINGOFFASSHOWN. 
1.DRAWTHREADTHROUGHTHETHREADGUIDE. 
2.HOLDINGTHREADTAUTWITHRIGHTHAND,DRAWTHREADDOWNINTOTHE 
TENSIONAREAANDTHENAROUNDTHECHECKSPRINGHOLDER. 
3.FIRMLYDRAWTHREADUPANDTHROUGHTHETAKE-UPLEVERFROMRIGHT 
TOLEFT....

  
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WHATTODOWHEN 
CONDITIONCAUSEHOWTOFIXREFERENCE 
INSERTTHENEEDLEPROPERLY.  1.SKIPPING 
STITCHES 
2.FABRICNOT 
MOVING 1.NEEDLEISNOTINSERTED 
PROPERLY. 
2.NEEDLEISBENTORWORN. 
3.INCORRECTLYTHREADED 
4.NEEDLEORTHREADARE 
INAPPROPRIATEFOR 
FABRICBEINGSEWN. 
5.SEWINGONSTRETCH 
FABRIC 
6.INAPPROPRIATENEEDLE 
BARHEIGHT 
7.INAPPROPRIATENEEDLE 
TOHOOKTIMING 
8.INAPPROPRIATENEEDLE 
TOHOOKCLEARANCE 
1.INCORRECT 
FEEDDOGHEIGHT 
2,THREADONBO3-FOMSIDE 
OFFABRICISJAMMEDUP....

  
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CONDITIONCAUSEHOWTOFIXREFERENCE 
STARTWITHMEDIUMSPEED.  3.BREAKING 
UPPER 
THREAD 
4.BREAKING 
BOBBIN 
THREAD 
5.NEEDLE 
BREAKS 1.1NmALSEWlNGSPEEDIS 
TOOFAST. 
2.THREADPATHIS 
INCORRECT. 
3.NEEDLEISBENTORDULL. 
4.UPPERTHREADTENSIONIS 
TOOSTRONG. 
5.NEEDLESIZEIS 
INAPPROPRIATEFOR 
FABRIC. 
6.NEEDLEEYEISWORN. 
7.NEEDLEHOLEINNEEDLE 
PLATEISWORNORBURRED. 
I.INCORRECTLYTHREADED 
BOBBINCASE. 
2.TOOMUCHTHREADIS 
WOUNDONTHEBOBBIN. 
3.LINTISSTUCKINSIDETHE 
HOOKRACE....

  
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CONDITION 
6.NOISY 
OPERATION CAUSEHOWTOFIXREFERENCE 
1.P.16 
2, 
3. 
7.DEFORMATION1. 
PATFERN 
2. 
3. BACKLASHBETWEEN 
SHUFFLEHOOKGEARAND 
LOWERSHAFTGEARISTOO 
GREAT. 
LOWERSHAFTGEARIS 
LOOSE. 
INAPPROPRIATEBELT 
TENSION. 
4.UPPERSHAFTGEARISLOOSE. 
5.NOTENOUGHOIL. 
INAPPROPRIATEZIGZAG 
SYNCHRONIZATION. 
INAPPROPRIATE 
DISENGAGEMENTOFCAM 
FOLLOWER. 
UPPERTHREADTENSION 
ISTOOSTRONG. SEEMECHANICAL 
ADJUSTMENTCLEARANCE 
BETWEENNEEDLEANDHOOK 
(NO.2)....

  
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SERVICEACCESS 
FACECOVER 
f 
c 
J 
TOREMOVE 
1.REMOVESCREWA. 
2.TAKETHEFACECOVERBOFF. 
NOTE:WHENREMOVINGTHEFACECOVER,PULLITUPANDUNHOOKFROM 
THEHOOKC. 
TOATrACH 
FOLLOWTHEABOVEPROCEDUREINREVERSE. 
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SERVICEACCESS 
REARCOVER 
I 
E C 
REARCOVER 
TOREMOVE 
1.REMOVETHEFACECOVER(SEEPAGE7). 
2.REMOVETHESCREWSA,B,C,D,ANDRUBBERCUSHIONE(2PCs.),AND 
THENREMOVETHEREARCOVER. 
TOATrACH 
FOLLOWTHEABOVEPROCEDUREINREVERSE. 
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