I broke my Millie

[Carreen]

I was quilting and the needle stuck in the fabric coming out of the shaft. I pulled it out and put in a new needle and it will go down to the lowest point and hits on something and won't come up. Did I mess up the timing?

I just posted this in the wrong section, sorry, I don't know ho wto remove it, i'll keep trying. Anyway just tell me if I broke it bad so I can stew on that till Monday.

[barbm]

Carreen, you may have messed up the timing, but first thing to do is to make sure you have the needle in the right way - if you have it in backwards, it can go down, then get stuck coming back up. Move the needle with the flywheel, backwards if necessary, and check the needle - the groove should run down the front, and the "C" shaped scarf should be to the back. Good luck!!

[Carreen]

Thanks Barb. I did make sure I had it the right way yesterday and in the process took the little screw out so much it fell out so I got out my spare parts and found another one, couldn't get it in on the same side so put it on the other side. Gosh, I felt like the three stooges, all of them at once! I will try that again though.

[ffq-lar]

Hi Carreen! I'm home today if you need some help.

[quiltmonkey]

No you didn't break your Milli LOL!

Call Barb or Linda they will get you going again. I would remove the current needle, take the needle bar plate off and do a real good cleaning with WD40 and oil, etc. Also, do you have a spare bobbin case and spare bobbin? After you clean, put a new needle, new bobbin and case. Give it a try.

And always use a long handled screwdriver to tighten down the needle screw.

Let us know how things work out.