Anita Heath

[Anita Heath]

Hello.  I hope someone can help me with a problem I have with my Juki TL-2200 QVP longarm.  When I stitch moving my machine left or moving it away  from me the thread shreds.  This doesn’t happen going right or towards me.  I have cleaned it, oiled and changed my needle.  I have tried different thread and it still shreds.   Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this?

[RunningThreads]

Sounds like needle flex could be a big part of your problem.  A larger needle and a shorter stitch length will reduce flex and should help. How old is the machine?  If it is a little old I would be checking for worn bushings in the needle bar.  I had this happen to me with one of our APQS machines years ago with a new shipment of needles, same brand and size.  The cure was to redo the timing and all was good.

 

Let us know what you find.

Nigel

[Anita Heath]

Thank you for this information.  This gives me something to look into and hopefully I can enjoy quilting again.  

[quiltmonkey]

what size needle are you using? It's possible that the eye of the needle is too small for the thread to pass through. 

 

[Anita Heath]

The problem was the timing on my longarm. The tech adjusted it and it is stitching perfectly now.  Thank you for the input.  I am happily quilting now.