Renae Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 I am about ready to go NUTS!!!!! For the past two days my top thread keeps breaking. I have re-threaded the machine, cleaned it,changed the needle 4 times and I am using a #4 because I am using Perfect Quilter Varigated thread which is thread I have used before so I know the spool is good. My tension is good in the bobbin and on top..........what can be going on????????? HELP!!!!!!!!!!! I want to pull my hair out!!! and it is short already........:P:P Renae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Renae...even though you have good tensions it still could be just a bit to tight. I would loosen up a tiny bit more and then see if that doesn\'t help. Also where is the thread breaking...at the needle of before the needle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Rane, Have to rethreaded? If not try only going through 2 holes of the pigtail instead of all three. The other thing I would check is to see if you have worn grooves in any of your pigtails. Finally check the hook area really well to make sure you don\'t have any small pieces of thread stuck in there causing the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Renae: Give me a call and I will walk you through this issue. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renae Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Thanks John, I\'ll call you. Renae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Have you tried putting the spool into a plastic bag with a wet cotton ball and then leaving in the fridge for a few hours? I had some DMC cotton that I could not run until I did the above and after I rehabilitated the thread it ran perfectly in my MIlli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraG Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Also, check for burrs. Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraG Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 John, I sent you a U2U. Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renae Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Thanks John and Sandra I did check for burrs and I had them in BOTH of my pigtails. As soon as I changed them and loosened my bobbin tension some more everything was working beautifully. Thanks again. I always know I will get good advice from the my good friends. I\'m very happy once again....gone quilting. Renae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seakitten Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 How do you check for burrs in the pigtails? My similar problems of last week are just about gone, after I polished the bobbin case & top thread tension disks, although I did not see any burrs on those either. However, I still get an occasional thread breakage and once the tension changed suddenly, so something is still in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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