Hi, Ken....this is sherilyn foley. yu helped me before with my singer touchtronic 2010.....so it's been working great again after I replaced the foot pedal. I was using it yesterday nd a bunch of thread got jammed removed all of that and filled a bobin and now the bobin (or needle--however it works) won't pick up the bobin thread...I too it in to a sewing machine repair man and he said 99% sure it was a broken gear. ...$150 to fix. he said it's not worth it on this machine since it's old. Do you agree. Is there som easy fix or patch or "band-aid" I could put on it to remedy the situation. I hate to buy a new one...i used this one maybe once every couple of months for simple alterations/repairs.....you seem to know everything about sewing machines...any advice would be SOOOO appreciated!

thanks,
sherilyn

Sherilyn, March 2009

Hello Sherilyn,
You can fix broken gears yourself with a little bit of patience, it may be that your machine has gone out of time only but if you email me below with your problem I will give you more details, if the machine works other than the problem you don't get rid of it, if it does need gears then the gears will cost about £6.00 or about $12.00 each and it will be worth it.
Ken

drivewithken@blueyonder.co.uk, March 2009